OpenAI, Altman challenges Musk with a Neuralink rival

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are set to invest in Merge Labs, a company that competes with Elon Musk's Neuralink by connecting the human brain with computers. The Financial Times reports this, pointing out that Merge Labs is raising $850 million, most of which is coming from OpenAI.

The investment intensifies the challenge with Musk, with whom Altman has had a rivalry for years. Merge Labs is one of the companies aiming to use artificial intelligence to develop a better brain-computer interface.