macaque monkey

Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows how monkey plays Pong with his mind

Pager, a nine-year-old macaque monkey, had a Neuralink chip implanted about six weeks before the video was shot. The monkey was first trained to play the Pong video game with a joystick for a banana reward. The Neuralink device recorded information about which neurons were firing as the money played the video game.

Apr 10, 2021, 09:58 AM IST

Naruto monkey files appeal to claim selfie

The animal right organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has reportedly filed an appeal against a lower court's decision in January this year that declined to give a macaque monkey the right to his famous selfie taken in Indonesia in 2011.

Mar 21, 2016, 12:23 PM IST

Monkey does not own copyright to his selfie: US judge

In a significant ruling, a federal judge in San Francisco has declined to give a macaque monkey the right to his famous selfie in Indonesia in 2011.

Jan 07, 2016, 13:06 PM IST