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Neuralink patient seen playing chess using brain implant


In a livestream on X, the patient explained that he was using a device in his brain to move the cursor.

In a livestream on X, patient Noland Arbaugh explained that he was playing a game of chess online using a device in his brain to move the cursor. He appeared in the video beside Neuralink’s brain interface software lead Bliss Chapman, and answered questions about how the technology worked, saying that it required him to “imagine the cursor moving”. He said the Neuralink device was “intuitive” and his experience using it was “wild”.

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