ALBAWABA - Elon Musk's brain chip company Neuralink has encountered its first problem after an individual with special needs reported it weeks after having the chip implanted into his brain.
The individual in question is 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh who received it in Jan. 2024 resulting in him being able to play video games both offline and online which is nothing but groundbreaking for anyone suffering from disabilities similar to him.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the issue occurred after the connection between the brain tissue and threads was interrupted resulting in data loss. Neuralink proposed the removal of the chip from Noland's head and added that the issue would not threaten his safety.
Moreover, Noland was the person to find out about the problem, so the company had to issue a blog post to explain the reason behind it but it did not disclose the amount of threads that got retracted from the brain tissue.
Elon Musk's first Neuralink implant encounters problem
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The blog post added that Arbaugh is using the chip for eight hours during the week and a whopping 10 hours during the weekend. In response to the issue in question, the blog also stated:
"In response to this change, we modified the recording algorithm to be more sensitive to neural population signals, improved the techniques to translate these signals into cursor movements, and enhanced the user interface. These refinements produced a rapid and sustained improvement in BPS (bits per second) that has now superseded Noland's initial performance."
