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Sam Altman And OpenAI Target $250M For Neuralink Rival Merge Labs, Escalating Billionaire Feud With Elon Musk Over Brain Implants

Sam Altman, the OpenAI co-founder valued at the center of artificial intelligence's rapid ascent, is preparing a challenge to Elon Musk in the high-stakes brain-computer interface market. Altman is co-founding a new venture, Merge Labs, alongside Alex Blania, the chief executive of World, an iris-scanning digital ID project also backed…

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OpenAI eyes brain implant startup to take on Elon Musk’s Neuralink

Merge Labs venture comes after OpenAI boss Sam Altman said the race to embed AI in humans is ‘going to get a lot weirder’

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to put its brain chips into UK citizens’ heads

Company hopes to help people with injuries or other conditions that limit their movement

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Paralyzed Woman Stuns Internet By Showing What Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip Can Do

"The beginning stages of The Matrix."

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Tesla Worth $30 Trillion? Elon Musk Says Yes But Investors Say No

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) currently trades with a valuation of just over $1 trillion. CEO Elon Musk is beyond optimistic, doubling down on past comments that the stock will reach a $25 trillion market capitalization, now revising the range to $20 trillion to $30 trillion.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's Neuralink Claimed 'Small Disadvantaged Business' Status—Right Before Venture Investors Gave It A $9 Billion Valuation

Elon Musk's brain-tech company Neuralink briefly claimed it was a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing—just weeks before raising $650 million and being valued at more than $9 billion.

Benzinga

Neuralink Achieves Two Brain Transplants in a Day, Aims for 20 by Year-End—Google DeepMind CEO Weighs In

Neuralink achieved two brain transplants in a day, targeting 20 by year-end. CEO Elon Musk envisions healing paralysis and blindness.

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain-computer device into ninth participant

The device works by connecting a person’s nervous system to devices that can interpret their brain activity, allowing them to use computers using only their thoughts.

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Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Do 'Life-Changing' Good For Billions As Company Successfully Adds 9 BCI Implants, Targets 20 By End Of 2025

Elon Musk has hailed Neuralink as the billionaire's Brain-Chip Interface company successfully conducted its latest implant trial, taking the total number of Neuralink implant recipients to 9 patients.

Benzinga

Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink called itself a “small disadvantaged business” to the federal government

The Justice Department has previously gone after individuals who falsely sought special designations with the government.

Fortune

Elon Musk’s $9B Neuralink told federal government it’s a ‘small, disadvantaged business’

The company hopes to give 20 to 30 people brain implants by the end of the year

The Independent UK

Elon Musk Has 4 Kids With Neuralink Exec Via IVF — Choosing Him Over Random Donor Was Easy Because 'There's No One I Admire and Respect More'

Most people don't get approached by their billionaire boss with an offer to start a family via IVF. But Shivon Zilis isn't most people — and Elon Musk isn't most bosses.

Benzinga

Musk will ‘do everything to damage’ Trump and is building political influence to rival MAGA, mogul’s former friend reveals

Former friend to Musk warned Trump that Elon Musk could seek revenge behind the scenes

The Independent UK

Elon Musk Says 'Clear Path' To Restoring Hearing With Neuralink, But The Deaf Community Want To Have Their 'Say'

Elon Musk's Neuralink has been receiving tons of feedback from the deaf community after the tech entrepreneur proposed plans to use brain implant technology to restore hearing.

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Elon Musk Says Robots Will Outperform 'Best Human Surgeons' in 5 Years — But Doctors Beg To Differ: Humans Aren't Built Like Car Parts

Doctors used to be the gold standard of job security. After all, you can't outsource a heart transplant to a chatbot… right?

The Independent UK

‘Big Balls’ now working at Social Security Administration after departing DOGE: report

Coristine, who was hired by Musk to join the DOGE team, recently departed the White House but a SSA spokesperson confirmed that he has since joined the agency as a special government employee

The Independent UK

China tests brain chip to control AI agents

Quadruple amputee used brain-computer interface to play Mario Kart

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‘No one I respect and admire more’: Shivon Zilis reveals why she chose Elon Musk to father her four children

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International Business Times UK

AI Is Not Just Out To Get Your Jobs - It Can Replace Your Therapist Too: Is It Safe for Mental Health?

AI tools like ChatGPT help with mental health support but should complement, not replace, trained therapists due to risks and lack of empathy.

International Business Times UK

Musk's Neuralink Inches Closer To Brain Implant Clinical Trials Following £480.44m Funding Round

The company has received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its Blindsight vision restoration system and a speech restoration device.

The Conversation

Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?

The goal of transhumanists is to improve human beings so they will perform better. In doing so, they contribute above all else to creating people perfectly suited to capitalism.

Tom’s Hardware

Brain interface used to edit YouTube video — paralyzed Neuralink patient also uses AI to narrate with his own voice

Bradford Smith, an ALS patient, is the third patient to receive a Neuralink implant. This tech has allowed him to edit and upload a YouTube video, and even help him synthesize his voice using AI.

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Has to Use Robot Surgeons Because the Surgery is ‘Impossible For a Human’ to Perform

Elon Musk revealed that Neuralink had to rely on a fully autonomous surgical robot for brain electrode implantation because human surgeons could not match the speed, precision, and consistency required for the delicate procedure.

The Independent UK

Democrats accuse Elon Musk of using DOGE position to save billions in tax liabilities

Musk’s role in DOGE ‘may allow him to evade oversight, derail investigations, and make litigation disappear whenever he so chooses—on his terms and at his command,’ the Democrats wrote

International Business Times

First Non-Verbal ALS Patient With Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Implant Creates Video Featuring AI-Cloned Voice

The first ALS patient with a Neuralink brain implant is taking X by storm as he explained in a nearly 10-minute video how his implant works – his story gained much attention given he is the first non-verbal individual to highlight the potential of the technology.

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