On Thursday, Musk and several Neuralink executives conducted a live broadcast on X, introducing the latest developments of the company. In the live broadcast, Musk stated that he ultimately hopes to empower people with "superpowers" through Neuralink's brain chips.

Musk outlined the work currently being done by Neuralink. He stated that the company's current primary task is to treat patients with neurological disorders.

In January of this year, Neuralink implanted its fully implantable wireless brain computer interface (BCI) device into the first patient, Noland Arbaugh. According to the company's website, the BCI device is called Link and uses 1024 electrodes to record neural signals, which are distributed on 64 "lines" thinner than human hair.

In May of this year, Neuralink officially stated that within a few weeks after Arbaugh surgery, some of the "wires" embedded with electrodes in the brain tissue began to retract from the tissue, resulting in a net reduction in the number of effective electrodes and a decrease in BPS. BPS refers to bits per second, which is a standard for measuring the speed and accuracy of cursor control. The higher the BPS value, the better the cursor control. Neuralink subsequently made improvements to the device and stated that these improvements have enabled BPS to rapidly and continuously improve, now surpassing its initial performance.

Arbaugh said, "(Link) has helped me reconnect with the world, friends, and family. It has given me the ability to do things independently again without the need for my family to be with me day and night."

In addition to Arbaugh, another new patient is expected to receive the Neuralink brain computer interface device implantation next week. It is reported that the surgery was originally scheduled for the end of June, but was postponed due to the patient's health issues.

During the live broadcast, Musk praised Neuralink's technology endlessly, believing that it could ultimately provide better functionality than people without neurological disorders.

Musk stated that in the short term, Neuralink's goal is to help patients with brain and spinal cord injuries, enabling them to control their phones and computers with their minds. The long-term goal is to "reduce the long-term threat of artificial intelligence to civilization.". Musk believes that Neuralink can help achieve this goal by creating a closer symbiotic relationship between human intelligence and digital intelligence. He stated that this idea is "to empower people with superpowers."

Musk also revealed the progress of the next generation of devices during the live broadcast.

Musk stated that Neuralink is developing a second device. The current device has 64 threads, with 16 electrodes on each thread. The number of threads on the next device is twice that of the first one, but the number of electrodes on each thread is half that of the first one. Musk said that this can double the bandwidth, theoretically making it more powerful.

Neuralink will also take risk mitigation measures, such as skull carving. This will bring the implant closer to the brain, reduce pressure on threads, and also prevent thread retraction to avoid the occurrence of Arbaugh implant failures mentioned above.

Musk said that if everything goes smoothly, he expects to test patients within this year. He stated that within a few years, Neuralink's equipment can be tested on thousands of people, depending on technological advancements and regulatory approvals.

Musk also added that he envisioned a world where Optimus and Neuralink's technology could implant the arms or legs of Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus into a human body that had lost its body parts, giving people "cybernetic superpowers".