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Elon Musk has announced that Neuralink is developing a feature for its brain chip to restore vision.

The feature, called “Blindsight,” is already working in monkeys, Musk said. “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately may exceed normal human vision,” he posted on X.

Musk has spoken about his hopes to restore blindness in the past. He said back in 2022: “Even if someone has never had vision ever, like they were born blind, we believe that we can still restore vision using Neuralink.”

The announcement comes just days after Musk revealed that the first patient with a Neuralink brain implant can play chess on a computer solely by controlling the cursor with his thoughts.