Valery Feigin: AUT Neuroscientist on the risks of Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chips

Published: Jan. 30, 2024, 7:09 p.m.

Doctors are warning of the risks of implanted chips after Elon Musk's company Neuralink claims to have successfully implanted a device in someone's brain.\xa0

The tech billionaire says the patient is recovering well and wants to continue work on the project to connect human brains to computers and tackle neurological conditions.\xa0

But AUT Neuroscientist Valery Feigin told Mike Hosking that it's risky.\xa0

He says it's easy for bleeding and infection to occur.\xa0

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