Elon Musk-owned Neuralink confirms monkeys died during tests for a project to implant computer chips into their brains, but denies claims of animal abuse.
>"PCRM’s complaint is based on nearly 600 pages of “disturbing” documents, which were released after the nonprofit filed an initial public records lawsuit in 2021. The group filed a second public records lawsuit on Feb. 10 to force UC Davis to release photos and videos of their experiments, including one in which researchers “removed pieces of the skulls of rhesus macaque monkeys and inserted electrodes into the animals' brains.”
>"In a press release, PCRM said the monkeys were caged alone and had steel posts screwed to their skulls. They also suffered “facial trauma,” seizures after brain implants, and recurring infections at implant sites, according to the group."
>"UC Davis, which reportedly received more than $1.4 million to run the experiments, declined to release records, stating they belonged to Neuralink. As a private company, Neuralink, headquartered in San Francisco, is not subject to California's Public Records Act."