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Fact-Check: Elon Musk Didn't Fund Neuralink Implant for 7-Year-Old - Real News Now

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Elon Musk, the famed entrepreneur and one of the founders of the technology company Neuralink Corp., did not finance a Neuralink implant operation for a little girl named ‘Lily Thompson.’ Neuralink, established by Musk in 2016, specializes in the development of technological brain implants. The official Neuralink record reveals the identities of three recipients of the Neuralink chip. However, there’s no mention of a 7-year-old child called Lily…
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Social media users said billionaire businessman and White House adviser Elon Musk funded a medical procedure for a 7-year-old girl to receive a Neuralink chip. There’s no proof that that happened.

A Facebook user shared a heartwarming story about billionaire businessman and Neuralink Corp. co-founder Elon Musk payin

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Fact-Check: Elon Musk Didn't Fund Neuralink Implant for 7-Year-Old - Real News Now

Elon Musk, the famed entrepreneur and one of the founders of the technology company Neuralink Corp., did not finance a Neuralink implant operation for a little girl named ‘Lily Thompson.’ Neuralink, established by Musk in 2016, specializes in the development of technological brain implants. The official Neuralink record reveals the identities of three recipients of the Neuralink chip. However, there’s no mention of a 7-year-old child called Lily…

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