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Elon Musk compares his company’s work to that of Jesus - MarketWatch

Not a prototype. Neuralink's Blindsight chip is already restoring vision in patients — and Musk says superhuman sight is next.

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Why it matters

Neuralink shipped a working intracortical visual prosthesis (Blindsight) to restore vision in blind patients. This moves brain-computer interfaces from lab to deployed medical device, signaling a inflection point in neural AI applications and the convergence of neurotechnology with AI inference at the edge.

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5 to know

  1. Neuralink Blindsight chip unveiled in Israel

  2. Intracortical visual prosthesis — deployed medical device for vision restoration

  3. Musk claims superhuman vision capability over time

  4. Brain-computer interface moving from R&D to patient deployment

  5. Published May 18, 2026 — indicates future timeline; verify date accuracy

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