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First Neuralink human implant in 2022 (missed)

Elon Musk promised First Neuralink human implant in 2022 by the end of 2022. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“we're hoping to do our first neuralink into a human next year”
— Elon Musk · Dec 21, 2021 · The Babylon Bee Interview (December 21, 2021), video, ~01:17:41 01:17:41 ↗
Video: The Babylon Bee Interview (December 21, 2021), video, ~01:17:41
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 01:17:41 — THE BABYLON BEE INTERVIEW (DECEMBER 21, 2021), VIDEO, ~01:17:41
What actually happened

No human received a Neuralink in 2022. The first implant was January 28, 2024. Wikipedia: Neuralink (first human implant Jan 2024) ↗

The Progression

Dec 21, 2021
The promise: “we're hoping to do our first neuralink into a human next year” · The Babylon Bee Interview (December 21, 2021), video, ~01:17:41 01:17:41 ↗
Dec 31, 2022
Deadline passed. No human received a Neuralink in 2022. The first implant was January 28, 2024. Wikipedia: Neuralink (first human implant Jan 2024) ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 1,381 days past due. Never happened.

In a December 2021 Babylon Bee interview Elon Musk said Neuralink hoped to do its first human implant in 2022. It came in January 2024.

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Neuralink’s record

Delivered
2
22% of resolved claims delivered.
Missed
7
Deadline passed, still no-show.
Still open
7
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