Elon Musk Neuralink Is Facing Controversy So Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk Neuralink Is Facing Controversy So Jeff Bezo

Elon Musk's Neuralink is facing controversy and a federal investigation

[{"selector":"#anim-3d1ca61a-99fe-47a1-b462-aa05e4cffbe9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bdc9c4bd-4a10-4d8f-bab7-4cf82e0d1aa9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 158.15159%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e02a80b6-5e57-4537-bd3f-c47f3dd05793","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-00261e70-7ebc-4a14-8291-7d19db80b545","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

On Thursday Synchron announced the completion of a $75 million funding round led by ARCH Venture Partner

[{"selector":"#anim-458e9728-8d97-4124-a84f-2d6a8671abf8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b4c4e264-db21-4d64-8fbf-9d4acfdd9f50","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2607df08-d51d-4877-8632-22f2ad61109c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-765bbc82-70b2-418c-8c5b-83a9e4d5689a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 159.85066%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Among the investors are Bezos Expeditions and Gates Frontier.

[{"selector":"#anim-fa588013-167e-4cc3-a58e-39339e8a59a6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3dbe8b98-fd94-4d6f-b707-8839daee0ab5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-07305782-9288-48a0-86f2-1c5c5df9dd19","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3ed1f31f-038f-478d-985e-1f3dc8913b01","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 180.02505%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Bezos the Amazon founder and Microsoft co-founder handles personal investments for Gates.

[{"selector":"#anim-54c8821e-00da-4575-a435-940ad47ca0f6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-70f6de2f-956e-44f0-88d7-2b05875efc5d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d7437482-38bf-41da-bbcd-c5ede568a825","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-44e61583-35b6-4e38-af95-7fb3a9a4cffb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 158.16996%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Synchron focuses on restoring some assistive abilities to paralyzed patients

[{"selector":"#anim-216fe7a7-06b4-4ef5-b6ee-bf515e5997ed","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-15ec89fd-ab0d-4aa9-a999-f35bda65205e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7b5fd10f-e181-49de-acb2-8ccde8e31b3b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eec0e025-d5ab-46f9-a771-d6b6b4fd556f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 211.48571%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Which can use its synchronous switches a brain computer interface (BCI)

[{"selector":"#anim-311c5a75-9615-4bb5-b393-781dc7af476e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1d5ca87b-8b5d-4b13-9fef-3f14e1b3c0ce","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-35f9e2b9-e371-4c88-a710-7f758b65a35e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5f9cbe38-7dcd-4c57-a3b8-285db4da9ead","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 177.77782%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

To move the computer cursor on the screen with only your thoughts

[{"selector":"#anim-bc4c2896-0f3a-409b-8bd2-5f0ed7747fd7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3553c610-c45c-4732-95c0-23ffa37667a7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7a1ab9e5-97f9-4660-b28b-01eaede16d5d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f1a65a91-9b6e-40a4-9aed-b9ab5d40e988","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 177.77782%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

With a minimally invasive procedure the BCI is implanted through the jugular vein into a blood vessel on the surface of the motor cortex of the brain

[{"selector":"#anim-65ae2bd9-42b3-4ff9-8e7e-e104bdbf496d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4e6690aa-68de-4113-af03-a16ddbf5f274","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-12758814-85e7-46cf-a109-91f7b74b80bb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2b41c035-6349-4eb4-ac94-3e5d31e9ad74","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 131.96773%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Other companies, including Neuralink, use more invasive techniques that involve going through the skull.

[{"selector":"#anim-c100e68d-9181-4bf3-bc30-f3bb6d9d670b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-88e65d4c-dc19-4b21-9a2c-8526b858f843","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8bf6bef7-a933-415b-bbd9-aa3bae44d5d1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5e272289-48cb-4199-8892-2f592a8742c4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 156.48931%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Things are going less smoothly at Neuralink.

[{"selector":"#anim-4e9a794c-867e-400b-962f-27e78677f11f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e9795c26-096f-411f-82ff-13c63b3b47c3","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9355ba1a-8260-474f-a808-bf527f50edce","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-448423f4-7563-46d1-a815-51dc1731a00c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 191.86233%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

The company is under federal investigation for possible violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

[{"selector":"#anim-39e83e1d-7188-467e-8d1b-98acdfa3e403","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3630b538-f885-44d7-b7af-4f95ffb4ed91","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(108.54702%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-473dc567-e2ad-45c4-a673-79bec28472bf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b2874adc-757c-4cac-9f15-ec2b2b5950c0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 154.86113%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]