Who is Shivon Zilis? Meet the Neuralink director and AI expert who reportedly had a third child with Elon Musk

Shivon Zilis quietly had a third child with Elon Musk earlier this year, Bloomberg reported. Business Insider first reported that Musk was quietly having twins with Zilis, born in November 2021. Zilis, 38, is a director at Neuralink and has had a successful career in venture capital and AI. Elon Musk quietly had another child … Read more

What is Neuralink and how does it work? First implant detached from the patient’s brain

Neuralink’s first human brain implant didn’t go as smoothly as hoped after the device began to detach from the patient’s brain, the company revealed in a blog post on Wednesday. Nolan Arbaugh, 29, paralyzed, had surgery in February to attach a Neuralink chip to his brain. However, there are a number of ultra-thin wires that … Read more

Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention surrounding Neuralink? Two professors unravel the ethical issues

It used to feel like the edge of science fiction to put a computer in someone’s brain. Today it is a reality. Academic and commercial groups are testing “brain-computer interface” devices to enable people with disabilities to function more independently. Yet Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, has put this technology at the center of debates over … Read more