Elon Musk has confirmed his company Neuralink's plans to develop a new chip, called Blindsight, to be implanted in the human brain in order to restore vision.

Elon Musk's company, Neuralink, is set to implant its new Blindsight brain chip in the brain of a patient by the end of 2025. The device is designed to restore vision even to completely blind people, said a message from technoblogger and investor Sawyer Merritt, which Musk posted on his X account.

According to the businessman, this implant shall initially lead to partial restoration of vision, but over time the chip will enable to achieve superhuman vision.

The Blindsight device has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as an advanced development, Neuralink had announced on X.