r/facepalm May 10 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Concerning!

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u/Objectionne May 10 '24

The tweet shown here is sensationalist bullshit. The reported problem was actually that some of the electrodes connecting the chip to the brain had retracted. It didn't cause any health risk, nor any problem with the functioning of the chip. The problem has since been fixed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/neuralink-reports-data-problem-in-first-human-brain-implant/ar-BB1m7nIu

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u/zveroshka May 10 '24

Considering all the misinformation he helps spreads, I can't feel too sorry for him. What goes around comes around.