Elon Musk's Neuralink looks to begin outfitting human brains with faster input and output starting next year

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-led startup that the multi-entrepreneur founded in 2017, is working on technology that's based around "threads," which it says can be implanted in human brains with much less potential impact to the surrounding brain tissue versus what's currently used for today's brain-computer interfaces. "Most people don't realize, we can solve that with a chip," Musk said to kick off Neuralink's event, talking about some of the brain disorders and issues the company hopes to solve. Musk also said that, long-term, Neuralink really is about figuring out a way to "achieve a sort of symbiosis with artificial intelligence." He went on to say, "This is not a mandatory thing.