Elon Musk’s neuro startup has run into conflict and chaos
Neuralink, an Elon Musk company founded to fuse human brains with computers, is days away from a mysterious grand announcement. But interviews with former employees reveal that the company’s efforts have seen a sometimes haphazard rush to meet timelines that don’t jibe with sluggish pace of science.
As STAT’s Erin Brodwin Rebecca Robbins report, Neuralink is now down to just two of its eight original founding scientists. And former employees say its researchers have long talked privately about the need to scale back parts of the company’s once sweeping plans to focus on more targeted applications of its technology.
This all comes ahead of Neuralink’s first public update in a year, which Musk has scheduled for Friday. Whether the news will be a breakthrough, a pivot, or something else remains to be seen.
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As STAT’s Erin Brodwin Rebecca Robbins report, Neuralink is now down to just two of its eight original founding scientists. And former employees say its researchers have long talked privately about the need to scale back parts of the company’s once sweeping plans to focus on more targeted applications of its technology.
This all comes ahead of Neuralink’s first public update in a year, which Musk has scheduled for Friday. Whether the news will be a breakthrough, a pivot, or something else remains to be seen.
Read more.
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