> the investigation has come at a time of growing employee dissent about neuralinks animal testing, including complaints that pressure from ceo musk to accelerate development has resulted in botched experiments, according to a reuters review of dozens of neuralink documents and interviews with more than 20 current and former employees. such failed tests have had to be repeated, increasing the number of animals being tested and killed, the employees say. the company documents include previously unreported messages, audio recordings, emails, presentations and reports. in all, the company has killed about 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys, following experiments since 2018, according to records reviewed by reuters and sources with direct knowledge of the companys animal-testing operations. the sources characterized that figure as a rough estimate because the company does not keep precise records on the number of animals tested and killed. neuralink has also conducted research using rats and mice.
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