According to a lengthy article Monday night by Reuters news agency, the medical-device firm Neuralink is under investigation by the Agriculture Department for animal-welfare violations.
Citing “documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations,” the British news agency reported that the accusations include rushing the animal-testing process and inflicting unnecessary death and suffering on test animals.
The USDA inspector general is looking into violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which covers experimental animals.
Neuralink is working on brain injuries, including paralysis preventing someone from walking, by trying to develop a brain implant.