The billionaire's Neuralink implant company wants to help restore people's vision and mobility.
Elon Musk's brain-chip firm says it has received approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration to conduct its first tests on humans.
It says it does not have immediate plans to start recruiting participants. Mr Musk's previous ambitions to begin tests came to nothing.An earlier bid by Neuralink to win FDA approval was rejected on safety grounds, according to a report in March by the Reuters news agency that cited multiple current and former employees.Neuralink hopes to use its microchips to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to help certain disabled people use computers and mobile technology.
The approval was "the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA", it said.Its website promises that "safety, accessibility and reliability" are all priorities during its engineering process.
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