MUSK SAYS NEXT NEURALINK BRAIN IMPLANT EXPECTED SOON, DESPITE ISSUES WITH THE FIRST PATIENT

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Neuralink plans to implant its system into a second patient within the next few weeks. The company is aiming to implant its device in 'high single digits' of patients this year. While only around 15% of the channels in the first patient are still functional, the patient is still about to use the device to watch videos, read, and play chess or other video games, sometimes up to 70 hours per week. Neuralink will be making changes to address the hardware problems it encountered with its first participant, with a focus on mitigating retraction.