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First recipient of Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip uses it to play chess

The first patient to receive a brain chip from Elon Musk's Neuralink has put it to the test in an online chess game.

After later updating that Arbaugh had made a good recovery and could already use the chip to move a computer mouse, a video has now been released by Neuralink proving this. The nine-minute clip shows Arbaugh moving a computer mouse across a screen using only his thoughts, enabling him to play chess and turn off the laptop’s music. As well as writing, she also has experience in editing as the UK Editor of The Mary Sue , as well as speaking on the important of SEO in journalism at the Student Press Association National Conference.

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