Noland Arbaugh, 29, was named as the volunteer during a livestream on X.
Mr Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulder, received the implant in January and said he was now able to play chess online.
Neuralink, which was co-founded by Mr Musk in 2016, uses brain-computer interface , which analyses brain neural signals and translates them into commands that can control external devices.A social media post by Mr Musk in January announced the product's name as Telepathy, saying initial users would "be those who have lost the use of their limbs".
Mr Arbaugh, who became a quadriplegic after a driving accident, said that the surgery to get the implant was "super easy" and that he was "released from the hospital a day later".The procedure involves a surgical robot designed to insert the threads of the implant into the appropriate part of the brain.Neuralink received alast year to begin initial trails, and began recruiting patients in the fall.
"You all gave me the ability to do that again and played for eight hours straight," he said.Other firms - such as New York's Precision Neuroscience, Texas-based Paradromics and Blackrock Neurotech and Synchron - have all developed similar systems.In 2021, Synchron's chief executive, Thomas Oxley, handed his X account over to Philip O'Keefe, a patient who could not move his hands due to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis .
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