Musk says Neuralink is the first human patient to be able to control a mouse through thought.

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 The first human patient implanted with a Neuralink brain chip appears to have made a full recovery and is now able to control a computer mouse with his head, the startup's founder Elon Musk said late Monday.

"Things are going well and the patient appears to have made a full recovery with no side effects that we have noticed. The patient can move the mouse on the screen just by thinking," Musk said at a Space event on social media platform X. mentioned in.

Musk said Neuralink is currently trying to get as many mouse clicks as possible from patients.The company successfully implanted the chip in its first human patient last month after receiving approval to recruit human trial participants in September.

The study will use robots to surgically place brain-computer interface implants in areas of the brain that control motor intentions, Neuralink said, with the initial goal of allowing humans to move around a computer cursor. The idea is to be able to control the body using the keyboard or by using the keyboard.

Musk has big ambitions for Neuralink, which he says will enable rapid surgical deployment of chip devices to treat conditions such as obesity, autism, depression and schizophrenia. Says.

Neuralink, valued at about $5 billion last year, has faced repeated calls to overhaul its security protocols.