US Investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink Over Hazardous Pathogens

US Investigating Elon Musk’s Neuralink Over Hazardous Pathogens
Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo in an illustration taken on Dec. 19, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens.

A Department of Transportation spokesperson told Reuters about the probe after the Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an animal-welfare advocacy group, wrote to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg earlier on Thursday to alert it of records it obtained on the matter.