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The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (www.wired.com)

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Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's... not nearly as bad as I was bracing for. They got infections (pretty common for brain implants) and the things got loose or broke sometimes. The critters were then euthanised.

Musk is still a bald face liar, though. Especially about the "old, terminal monkeys" part.