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The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (12ft.io)
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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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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

They still didn’t need to kill so many monkeys for that. Clearly taking the “move fast and break things” approach, leading to 1500 monkeys dead.

Entirely unethical. That choice is for musks ego.