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China's brain implant beats Neuralink; Anduril drone fires first air-to-air missile
Two watershed moments for autonomy and neural technology on the same day: China's Neuracle implanted the world's first commercial brain-computer interface, scrambling the narrative that Neuralink owns the space, while Anduril's collaborative combat drone fired a live air-to-air missile, moving AI-directed warfare from simulation to fact.
China's BCI implant beats Neuralink to commercial reality
A car crash victim in China just received the world's first commercially deployed brain-computer interface—a neural implant that lets her move her hand by thinking. Neuracle, the Chinese company behind it, has reached a milestone that Neuralink, despite years of hype and investment from Elon Musk, has not yet publicly achieved in humans. The technology is identical in principle: a tiny chip reads neural signals and translates them into computer commands, potentially restoring mobility to the paralyzed. What matters now isn't bragging rights but whether Neuracle can scale safely and affordably, and whether Western companies can keep up.
