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Federal inquiry into Neuralink over animal deaths in implant testing

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Record

CompanyNeuralink
Categorymedical robotics
Typefatality
Date
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceThe Guardian

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USDA and federal investigators examined Neuralink over animal deaths during brain-implant testing on primates and other animals, including deaths attributed to complications and alleged welfare violations during implant surgeries.

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