{"id":8381,"date":"2022-12-20T20:37:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/us-investigation-of-musks-neuralink-also-targets-agriculture-department\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T20:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:37:53","slug":"us-investigation-of-musks-neuralink-also-targets-agriculture-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/us-investigation-of-musks-neuralink-also-targets-agriculture-department\/","title":{"rendered":"US investigation of Musk\u2019s Neuralink also targets agriculture department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources tell Reuters law enforcement authorities are concerned about USDA\u2019s record other animal welfare violations<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials investigating Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink over its animal trial program are also scrutinizing the US Department of Agriculture\u2019s oversight of the company\u2019s operations, after the agency failed to act on violations at other research organizations, according to several people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/dec\/05\/neuralink-animal-testing-elon-musk-investigation\">reported on 5 December<\/a> that the USDA\u2019s watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General, is investigating Neuralink, a medical device company that is developing brain implants, over potential animal-welfare violations. A federal prosecutor in the civil division at the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of California requested the investigation, people familiar with the matter said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/dec\/20\/neuralink-animal-testing-musk-investigation\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dab50a2d421a1f343140ee254c1935b649eb2e19\/8_0_2682_1610\/master\/2682.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=225fbe5bd27f327f1fde1bd0ef0b1ecb\" title=\"US investigation of Musk\u2019s Neuralink also targets agriculture department\" \/>Sources tell Reuters law enforcement authorities are concerned about USDA\u2019s record other animal welfare violations<br \/>\nLaw enforcement officials investigating Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink over its animal trial program are also scrutinizing the US Department of Agriculture\u2019s oversight of the company\u2019s operations, after the agency failed to act on violations at other research organizations, according to several people familiar with the matter.<br \/>\nReuters reported on 5 December that the USDA\u2019s watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General, is investigating Neuralink, a medical device company that is developing brain implants, over potential animal-welfare violations. A federal prosecutor in the civil division at the US Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of California requested the investigation, people familiar with the matter said. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources tell Reuters law enforcement authorities are concerned about USDA\u2019s record other animal welfare violations Law enforcement officials investigating Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink over its animal trial program are also scrutinizing the US Department of Agriculture\u2019s oversight of the company\u2019s operations, after the agency failed to act on violations at other research organizations, according to several &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/us-investigation-of-musks-neuralink-also-targets-agriculture-department\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US investigation of Musk\u2019s Neuralink also targets agriculture department<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}