Elon Musk
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Entrepreneur and business magnate, Elon Musk is the CEO and founder of the aerospace company SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors. He also hopes to change the world, advancing private spaceflight with the aim of landing humans on other planets like Mars, and developing a new tube-transport system called the Hyperloop. Live Science will keep you up on Musk’s latest ideas and developments so you can keep your two feet on Earth while looking up at the stars.
Latest about Elon Musk
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Tesla primed to sell AI-powered humanoid robots alongside its EVs in 2025. But will they be any good?
By Steve Benford, Praminda Caleb-Solly published
Telsa's Optimus humanoid robot will be among the first such machines to flood our lives when it launches next year, with more set to follow.
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1st Neuralink patient shown using brain chip to control computer and play chess in unexpected livestream
By Harry Baker published
In a surprise video, Elon Musk's Neuralink revealed the first recipient of the company's brain-computer interface using the device to play online chess. They also discussed the "life-changing" procedure for the first time.
![Starship just after launching from its Boca Chica, Texas launchpad on March 14, 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L9gohjShBZzRWktYdAVPXM-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX's incredibly powerful Starship lost in the Indian Ocean after reaching orbit for 1st time
By Ben Turner published
SpaceX's powerful Starship system spent roughly an hour in orbit performing test maneuvers for the first time ever. But two simultaneous communications errors means the rocket won't be recoverable.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink has concerning lack of transparency and could be vulnerable to hacking, ethicists warn
By Nancy S. Jecker, Andrew Ko published
Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people's lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues, too.
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Neuralink chip implanted into human brain for the 1st time, Elon Musk says
By Kiley Price published
Neuralink implanted its first brain chip in a human subject, and Musk posted on X that the person is "doing well" after surgery.
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Elon Musk's Starship 'almost made it to orbit' before violently exploding, Musk claims at SpaceX meeting
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX's 2nd Starship test flight exploded 8 minutes after liftoff, but Elon Musk says it could have been very different if the craft was carrying a payload.
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Elon Musk just teased Telsa’s new Optimus Gen-2 robot with a video featuring a funky treat at the end
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Tesla's Optimus Gen-2 has come a long way since the firm's first Bumble-C machine in 2022 and can manipulate delicate objects with its fingers.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trials
By Sarah Moore published
Brain implants developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink have been approved for human testing. The safety of the devices previously came under scrutiny following reports of "botched surgeries" in animal test subjects.
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Environmental groups sue US government over explosive SpaceX rocket launch
By Ben Turner published
Plaintiffs from five environmental groups are suing the FAA to stop SpaceX's massive Starship rocket from launching until the conclusion of a yearslong investigation.
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Disastrous SpaceX launch under federal investigation after raining potentially hazardous debris on homes and beaches
By Ben Turner published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.
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