The first patient implanted with Neuralink would have succeeded in moving a cursor on a screen. Elon Musk made the announcement during a live audio chat on his social network X, a month after the operation.

However, no studies or data have been disclosed. “We do not know the performance of the transplant recipient's handling of technology, such as the quantity of clicks that the person makes, willingly or unwillingly,” says Adrien Rapeaux, doctor in bioelectronics at Imperial College London.