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Beth Mole / Ars Technica: Ā Neuralink faces federal probe over alleged animal abuse, āhack jobā surgeries
Tom Bemis / TheStreet: Ā Musk Unlikely to See Serious Consequences From Monkey Probe
Grace Kay / Insider: Ā Elon Musk reportedly told workers at his brain-chip startup to imagine they had bombs strapped to their heads to make them work faster
Weston Blasi / MarketWatch: Ā Elon Musk’s Neuralink under federal investigation for animal-welfare violations: report
Lauren Leffer / Gizmodo: Ā Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Reportedly Under Federal Investigation Over Animal Welfare
Brad Dress / The Hill: Ā Elon Musk medical device company faces federal probe amid staff complaints: report
Nida Zafar / MobileSyrup: Ā Elon Musk’s brain implant company is facing federal probe on animal testing
Jon Porter / The Verge: Ā Elon Musk’s Neuralink is reportedly facing a federal probe on animal welfare grounds
Jenn Gidman / Newser: Ā Reuters: Musk Firm Has Killed 1.5K Animals in Experiments
The Information: Ā Musk’s Neuralink Under Federal Investigation Over Animal Testing
Siladitya Ray / Forbes: Ā Musk’s Neuralink Under Federal Investigation Over Alleged Animal Welfare Abuses, Report Says
Chloe Taylor / Fortune: Ā Elon Musk’s Neuralink staff claim his demands to rush brain implant trials led to the needless deaths of 1,500 animals
CoinGape: Ā Is Elon Musk Neurolink Killing Animals?
Sky News: Ā Elon Musk’s medical firm Neuralink accused of welfare violations after killing 1,500 animals in four years – report
David Averre / Daily Mail: Ā Elon Musk’s Neuralink āfaces USDA investigation after deaths of 1,500 animals in testingā: Probe understood to have been launched amid claims of botched experiments on monkeys and pigs
G. S. Vasan / Digit: Ā Musks Neuralink probed for killing 1500 animals in clinical trials: Can this be justified
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Rachael Levy / @rachael_levy: Ā NEW from me: @elonmusk’s @neuralink is under federal investigation for potential violations of animal welfare laws amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. https://twitter.com/…
Mario Nawfal / @marionawfal: Ā šØUS government launches federal investigation into Elon Musk’s Neuralink company BUT Before freaking out, this is not a major investigation. Context: āinvestigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushedā
@thephilosotroll: Ā This reporting is really disturbing, because it shows *both* extensive animal welfare abuses and a background company that is totally irresponsible in its R&D practices. Neuralink will not produce a working device, but it may lobotomize people with irresponsible practices. https://twitter.com/…
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: Ā Hey now. I’m thinking that anyone who treats human beings this badly probably has even less regard for animals. https://twitter.com/…
Spike Cohen / @realspikecohen: Ā @unusual_whales The same government that funds torture of puppies around the world would like you to know that they’re very concerned about Neuralink’s use of animal testing. Surely this has nothing to do with recent revelations by Elon regarding US government collusion with big tech.
Paras Chopra / @paraschopra: Ā This makes me extremely sad. It’s about Neuralink but the problem of animal experimentation is widespread. https://twitter.com/…
Avi Bueno / @avi_bueno: Ā Yeah, definitely a guy I’d trust and someone who should be in charge of working to put a chip in people’s brains. https://twitter.com/…
Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: Ā Wait, what? (From Reuters: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests) https://www.reuters.com/… https://twitter.com/…
Robert Skvarla / @robertskvarla: Ā This is literally what Neuralink is tho https://twitter.com/… https://twitter.com/…
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: Ā me frantically running up to those animals as they board: ādon’t get on that ship! ark of space…it’s a Neuralink lab!ā https://twitter.com/… https://twitter.com/…
Brad Heath / @bradheath: Ā From @Reuters: Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. https://www.reuters.com/…
Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: Ā If this is true, and not just someone weaseling out of answering the question, this looks to me like Theranos-level buffoonery. Imagine the research report. āIn this study, we implanted devices in n=some mice and at least a couple of ducks to establish a safety profile.ā
Rachael Levy / @rachael_levy: Ā My reporting is based on dozens of Neuralink documents and interviews with more than 20 current and former employees, previously unreported messages, audio recordings, emails, presentations and reports.
@rafaelshimunov: Ā The investigation shows such rampant abuse of workers, that testing ethics are completely obliterated, with countless animals put to death because they suffered implants being rushed into them incorrectly, put in the wrong places, missized, and mixed up with conflicting tests.
@wallstreetbets: Ā Yeah makes sense. Investigate @elonmusk’s Neuralink and ālook into his links with foreign countriesā after buying Twitter. He’s a national security threat. Just make sure he keeps rocketing US military shit into space. https://twitter.com/…
@rafaelshimunov: Ā 20+ Neuralink workers came forward to expose Elon Musk mishandling & abuse, leading to federal investigations with a long lists of his completely stupid and dangerous decisions. āThe company has killed about 1,500 animalsā thanks to Elon’s lack of skill. https://finance.yahoo.com/…
@unusual_whales: Ā JUST IN: U.S. law enforcement is investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, for potential violations of animal-welfare laws as staff raise alarms about the company’s animal tests, per Reuters.
@reuters: Ā A Neuralink employee, in a message seen by @Reuters, wrote an angry missive to colleagues about the need to overhaul how Elon Musk’s company organizes rushed animal surgeries to prevent āhack jobsā raising risks to animals https://www.reuters.com/… @rachael_levy via @specialreports https://twitter.com/…
@mattbc: Ā This is crucial reporting from @rachael_levy of @Reuters on Musk’s approach to Neuralink; the picture this paints is of a greedy boss who wants to gamble with the lives of disabled people to further enrich himself. https://www.reuters.com/… https://twitter.com/…
Paris Marx / @parismarx: Ā Elon Musk is an intensely cruel man who doesn’t care about the consequences of his actions. Neuralink has killed at least 1500 animals to keep the belligerent billionaire happy, and employees say the death toll wouldn’t be nearly as high if he wasn’t driving them so hard. https://twitter.com/…
Avi Bueno / @avi_bueno: Ā āIn all, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys…ā https://www.reuters.com/…
Shalin Gala / @shalingala: Ā Shut down @neuralink animal tests now! https://twitter.com/…
Sarah Reese Jones / @politicussarah: Ā āgrowing employee dissent about Neuralink’s animal testing, including complaints that pressure from CEO Musk to accelerate development has resulted in botched experiments…failed tests have had to be repeated, increasing the number of animals being tested + killedā https://twitter.com/…
Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold: Ā Reuters: Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. https://www.reuters.com/…
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