Neuralink released a video showing a paralyzed clinical trial participant speaking through its brain-computer interface, the third participant in its voice study. The N1 implant decodes activity from the motor cortex and converts intended speech into words. The demonstration is the first of Neuralink's work in restoring communication. The video currently sits at nearly nine million YouTube views.

Neuralink reported its first transdural implant, placing electrode threads through the intact dura mater without the surgical step of removing it. The procedure, performed at Toronto Western Hospital in May, used a redesigned insertion needle built to penetrate a membrane more than ten times thicker than the threads themselves while avoiding the blood vessels beneath it. The participant controlled a cursor with their thoughts within an hour of surgery. Eliminating the durectomy removes one of the more delicate manual steps from the operation, a step the company and its well-known founder frame as central to scaling implantation this year.