Musk Brain-Computer Interface Company was accused of "monkey abuse": a steel pillar nailed to the skull

Musk, who had just been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, is now accused of abusing monkeys in experiments.

On February 10, pcRM, the American Association of Responsible Physicians, accused Musk's Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface Company and its partners of "abusing monkeys", saying that they caused "terrible" harm to the experimental monkeys tested. The association said that from more than 600 pages of records obtained, 23 monkeys were subjected to invasive and deadly brain experiments.

The complaint states that staff failed to provide adequate veterinary care to the monkeys and that the use of unapproved substances damaged the monkeys' brains, ultimately leading to their deaths. In addition, the monkeys in the experiment were also nailed with steel pillars on the skulls, which led to post-implant seizures and repeated infections at the implant site. Due to deteriorating health, some monkeys were euthanized before being used in experiments.

PCRM argues that Neuralink violated 9 sections of the Animal Welfare Act, including a violation of the researchers' requirement to minimize the pain and suffering of animals.

Last April, Neuralink posted a video of monkeys playing video games with their own minds on social media. At the time, Musk said the long-term goal of the technology was to allow paralyzed people to use their phones through their minds.

Initially, the research team taught the monkey to play games using a joystick and rewarded it with a banana milkshake fed through a metal straw. Brain-computer devices record which neurons are activated, modeling the relationship between Pag's neural activity and the expected direction of movement to achieve a "brain-computer connection."

PCRM also said it plans to file a lawsuit against UC Davis on Thursday, saying the university withheld photos and videos of monkeys, as well as their animal identification numbers. The Physicians' Association believes that work carried out in public facilities and materials created are subject to california's public records act and must be disclosed.

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