[CNBC] In seeking regulatory approval for its planned use of office space in San Francisco, a Neuralink employee said the company was looking to house rodents and conduct operations "for in vivo testing."
Elon Musk has said Neuralink will initially focus on providing brain implants to people with disabilities. But he has not talked about testing on animals.
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[Gizmodo] Gizmodo obtained public records that showed Neuralink CEO Jared Birchall tried to renovate the headquarters in a letter to the Planning Department, with a “small operating room for in vivo testing, and a small room to house rodents.” The letter explains that rodents are exempt from the Animal Welfare Act. The company then told the city that it had abandoned those plans, and evidence suggests Neuralink has instead been researching at the Davis campus at University of California since June 2017, with potential ambitions to revisit plans in the future. An architect involved with the project told the publication that the company was now looking elsewhere for a place to build.
[DailyMail] Elon Musk's Neuralink may be testing its 'Matrix' style computer-brain interfaces on animals, it has emerged. Devices being developed by the firm are designed to give people advanced mental abilities, which Musk says will let humanity keep up with 'godlike' AI systems
| No mention was made of when he planned to make controling implants on California's politicians. |
