Elon Musk's Neuralink has shared a progress update about the first person to receive a brain chip that allows him to operate a computer and play video games with his mind. The company announced that it has been more than 100 days since Noland Arbaugh had the device implanted in his brain - and the 29-year-old is still doing. Arbaugh suffered a life-changing driving accident whilst working as a camp counselor in 2016, which left him with'absolutely no feeling' from the shoulders down. His life changed again on January 27 when he underwent a 30-minute procedure that used a'sewing machine-like' robot to remove a small chunk of his skull and stitch the chip into his brain. However, Neuralink revealed that some of the threads connected to the chip had retracted weeks after the surgery, resulting in a decrease in the number of effective nodes - but modified the algorithm to boost signal translations.

Elon Musk's Neuralink is set to host its annual'Show and Tell' event tonight at 9 pm ET that is expected to share a progress update on its brain-machine interface. The neuroscience startup shared a teaser for the event on its Twitter account, showing a short video that spelled out the message'please join us for a show and tell,' and some users speculate the world will see a person with Neurlink's chip type on a screen. The goal is to develop a full-implanted brain-computer interface (BCI) for people with paralysis, allowing them to operate computers and mobile devices using their thoughts. The first Show and Tell event, held in 2020, demonstrated the technology with a pig and last year, Musk revealed the update with a monkey that played a video game using only its mind. Neuralink will host its annual'Show and Tell' event tonight at 9 pm ET, which is expected to share the progress of the technology.

The Coalition for AI Health has announced it will meet this month to finalize its consensus-driven framework and share recommendations by year-end in a progress update. CHAI convened in December to develop consensus and mutual understanding with goals to tame the drive to buy artificial intelligence and machine learning products in healthcare and arm health IT decision-makers with academic research and vetted guidelines to help them choose dependable technologies that provide value. Through October 14, CHAI is accepting public comments on its work examining testability, usability and safety at a workshop with subject-matter experts from healthcare and other industries the organization held in July. Previously, CHAI produced a sizable paper on bias, equity and fairness based on a two-day convening and accepted public comments until the end of last month. The result will be a framework, the "Guidelines for the Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare," that intentionally fosters resilient AI assurance, safety and security, according to the October 6 progress update. "Application of AI brings a tremendous benefit for patient care, but so is its potential to exacerbate inequity in healthcare," said Dr. John Halamka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform and cofounder of the coalition in the update.

Elon Musk announced his Neuralink is hosting a'show and tell' progress event on October 31, which will be the first progress update since the world watched a brain-chipped monkey play a video game with its mind in April 2021 - this animal later died during testing. The biotech firm is developing a brain-computer interface that it claims could one day make humans hyper-intelligent, and allow paralyzed people to walk again. Musk shared news of the Halloween event on Twitter, no other details were included, but it follows rumors that Neuralink has offered to buy its rival Synchron, which recently completed the first brain-chip in a human. In April Musk shared that Neuralink was moving along to start human trials at the end of 2022, which could very well be what the billionaire has in store at the October presentation. Neuralink showed its first progress update in August 2020 during a demonstration that showcased a pig with an early version of the brain chip.

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