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Elon Musk

Technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer

Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder of Neuralink; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI; and co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People, and was ranked (co-)first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019. He has a net worth of $22.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 40th-richest person in the world.

Visit website: https://www.tesla.com/elon-musk

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See also: Company Tesla - American electric vehicle and clean energy company

Details last updated 22-Nov-2019

Elon Musk News

Neuralink's Blindsight: A new vision for the blind

Neuralink's Blindsight: A new vision for the blind

MobiHealthNews - 19-Sep-2024

Elon Musk's brain-computer implant receives FDA approval

Elon Musk plans to implant millions of Neuralink brain chips in a decade

Elon Musk plans to implant millions of Neuralink brain chips in a decade

Independent - 22-Aug-2024

Future uses include controlling robotic devices and improving communication

Paralyzed patient regains digital control with Neuralink's implant, but technical issues persist

Paralyzed patient regains digital control with Neuralink's implant, but technical issues persist

Futurism - 18-May-2024

Loose wires caused setbacks, prompting a search for a second volunteer for testing

Oxford university shuts down the Future of Humanity Institute

Oxford university shuts down the Future of Humanity Institute

The Guardian - 19-Apr-2024

Elon Musk-backed institute collapses after leader's past remarks and long-termism's controversies

Paralyzed man plays chess online using Neuralink brain chip implant

Paralyzed man plays chess online using Neuralink brain chip implant

BBC - 21-Mar-2024

Brain-computer interface tech allows patient to control computer cursor with mind

Ray Kurzweil brings his prediction of the technological singularity forward to 2029

Ray Kurzweil brings his prediction of the technological singularity forward to 2029

Independent - 13-Mar-2024

Also predicts a new era of hybrid humans and the potential to reverse aging within the next five years

A computer mouse can be controlled with the mind using Neuralink's device, says Elon Musk

A computer mouse can be controlled with the mind using Neuralink's device, says Elon Musk

The Register - 20-Feb-2024

Despite Musk's claims, there's not much information, which raises concerns

Elon Musk's company Neuralink implanted its first wireless brain chip in a person

Elon Musk's company Neuralink implanted its first wireless brain chip in a person

BBC - 30-Jan-2024

The chip has the potential to significantly benefit individuals with paralysis

Professor defends "mediocre neuroscience" assessment of Neuralink demo

Professor defends "mediocre neuroscience" assessment of Neuralink demo

BBC - 01-Sep-2020

You need entrepreneurs, engineers and academics to make sustainable progress

Kernel develops mind-reading helmets to enable people to communicate

Kernel develops mind-reading helmets to enable people to communicate

Bloomberg - 05-May-2020

Low cost and no surgery may make this an attractive alternative to Musk's Neuralink

Mars mission health at risk: Astronaut brains may swell in microgravity

Mars mission health at risk: Astronaut brains may swell in microgravity

IB Times - 18-Apr-2020

Although astronauts haven't reported these exact symptoms, long-term effects are still unknown

Merging biological and artificial intelligence

Merging biological and artificial intelligence

Observer.com - 14-Aug-2019

Musk suggests using brain chip for treating neurological diseases, such as dementia

Connecting human brains directly to computers

Connecting human brains directly to computers

Independent - 17-Jul-2019

Technology will help to keep up with the rapid development of artificial intelligence

We're on the verge of overcoming death

We're on the verge of overcoming death

Metro - 14-May-2019

A great summary of the potential benefits are curing ageing

How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse

How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse

Guardian - 24-Jul-2018

Hoarding, and different forms of forced labor are among the future plans of the most powerful

AI researchers sign pledge against killer robots

AI researchers sign pledge against killer robots

Guardian - 18-Jul-2018

Over 150 firms agreed against developing A.I-based weapons, governments should be next

Elon Musk still thinks a Mars colony will save us from a future dark age

Elon Musk still thinks a Mars colony will save us from a future dark age

The Verge - 11-Mar-2018

Elon Musk talks about all the ways humanity may be doomed in the future. Thinks there is such a ...

Here are the ways Silicon Valley plans to conquer death

Here are the ways Silicon Valley plans to conquer death

National Post - 03-Nov-2017

Billionaires are now pouring millions into longevity research. Upgrading the human immune system...

A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space

A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space

Futurism - 30-Oct-2017

Late 2017: Heavy Falcon Launch 2018: Preparing for Space Tourism 2019: Space Tourism and Observ...

Elon Musk Reveals More About Plan to Colonize Mars

Elon Musk Reveals More About Plan to Colonize Mars

Fortune - 15-Oct-2017

Musk clarified that, though he has shared images of vast Martian cities in his presentations on M...

Killer robots - third revolution in warfare

Killer robots - third revolution in warfare

BBC - 21-Aug-2017

100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action. A fully autonomous we...

City could be built on on Mars by 2062

City could be built on on Mars by 2062

Independent - 22-Jun-2017

Elon Musk says a city of a million people could be established on Mars within decades. Humans wo...

Elon Musk wants to enhance us as superhuman cyborgs

Elon Musk wants to enhance us as superhuman cyborgs

Kurzweil Network - 21-Apr-2017

Neuralink would allow for radically improved communication between people. Digital tertiary laye...

Elon Musk Says “Maybe Next Month” About His Neural Lace Project

Elon Musk Says “Maybe Next Month” About His Neural Lace Project

INVERSE - 25-Jan-2017

Hypothetical computer interface that would be injected into the brain. Very fine net that would ...

Can an uploaded brain live forever?

Can an uploaded brain live forever?

TechRadar - 24-Sep-2016

Today’s supercomputers are nowhere near the complexity and power of the brain. But lots of teams...

3 Reasons To Believe The Singularity Is Near

3 Reasons To Believe The Singularity Is Near

Forbes - 03-Jun-2016

Ray Kurzweil published The Singularity Is Near in 2006 – as technology accelerates at an exponent...

FLI awards $7M to explore artificial intelligence risks

FLI awards $7M to explore artificial intelligence risks

Kurzweil Network - 01-Jul-2015

Future of Life Institute (FLI) selects 37 global research teams to keep AI beneficial to humanity...

Microsoft head dismisses threat of artificial intelligence

Microsoft head dismisses threat of artificial intelligence

Guardian - 28-Jan-2015

Eric Horvitz, head of Microsoft’s main research lab, has dismissed fears that AI could pose a thr...

Elon Musk commits $10m to keep AI beneficial for humanity

Elon Musk commits $10m to keep AI beneficial for humanity

Forbes - 15-Jan-2015

Protecting his investments as well as the human race?