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  "id": 3880071,
  "title": "China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/china-thinks-big-on-brain-computer-interfaces-after-world-first-3880071",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T03:17:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/plus/tech/big-tech/article/3365525/china-thinks-big-brain-computer-interfaces-after-world-first-surgery"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese surgeons last month completed the world’s first commercial surgery to implant an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device in a patient with a spinal cord injury, a milestone in the neurotechnology development race with US companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink. This month a Chinese company, state-owned PICC Property and Casualty, launched the world’s first commercial insurance policy…",
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      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Tech",
        "title": "China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/china-thinks-big-on-brain-computer-interfaces-after-world-first",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:17:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}