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In September 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved Neuralink to initiate six-year human trials.
Neuralink announced FDA approval for its first in-human clinical study in May 2023, not September 2023.
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The timing here is wrong.
CNBC reported on May 25, 2023 that Neuralink had announced it received FDA approval to conduct its first in-human clinical study. Multiple contemporaneous reports placed the approval in May 2023, not September 2023.
September 2023 is associated with Neuralink beginning patient recruitment for its PRIME study, but the FDA approval itself was announced months earlier. That means the article conflates two different milestones: approval in May 2023 and recruitment activity in September 2023.
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- Elon Musk's Neuralink gets FDA approval for in-human study
Published May 25, 2023: "Neuralink ... announced Thursday it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to conduct its first in-human clinical study."
- Elon Musk's Neuralink gets FDA approval for human trials: What to know
The Washington Post reported in May 2023 that Neuralink had regulatory approval to conduct its first clinical trial of the device in humans.
Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of May 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$788 billion.
Forbes says Musk regained the top spot in May 2024, not 2025, and its May 2026 list put his net worth at $782 billion, not $788 billion.
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This sentence conflicts with Forbes' own reporting on both the date and the amount.
- In a May 29, 2024 Forbes article, Forbes wrote that Musk had become "the world's richest person again" after xAI's funding round. That directly contradicts the claim that he has held the title only since 2025.
- In Forbes' May 2026 ranking of the world's richest people, Forbes said Musk "is the richest person in the world, a title he's held since May 2024" and listed his net worth as $782 billion as of May 1, 2026. That contradicts the article's claim that Forbes estimated $788 billion as of May 2026.
So the sentence is incorrect in two separate ways: it gets both the start date of Musk's current No. 1 ranking and Forbes' May 2026 wealth estimate wrong.
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- The Top 10 Richest People In The World | May 2026
Forbes says: "Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, a title he's held since May 2024." The same article lists: "Net worth: $782 billion" as of May 1, 2026.
- Elon Musk Is The World's Richest Person Again Thanks To His New AI Startup
Published May 29, 2024, Forbes wrote that xAI's funding round was "enough to push Musk past ... Bernard Arnault ... for the title of the world's richest person."
In May 2020, Musk resigned as chairman of the board as part of the settlement of a lawsuit from the SEC over him tweeting that funding had been "secured" for potentially taking Tesla private.
Musk's removal as Tesla chair was part of the SEC's September 2018 settlement, and Tesla named Robyn Denholm chair in November 2018.
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This sentence gets the timing of Musk's departure as Tesla chair wrong.
The SEC announced the settlement on September 29, 2018, stating that it required "Musk to step down as Tesla's Chairman" and included "Musk's removal as Chairman of the Tesla board." Tesla then named Robyn Denholm as chair on November 8, 2018, and CNBC reported that the appointment was effective immediately.
So Musk did not resign as chair in May 2020 as part of the SEC settlement. The settlement and resulting chairmanship change occurred in 2018.
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- Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge
SEC press release dated Sept. 29, 2018: the settlement required "Musk to Step Down as Tesla's Chairman" and included "Musk's removal as Chairman of the Tesla board."
- Robyn Denholm replaces Elon Musk as Tesla's board chair
CNBC reported on Nov. 8, 2018 that Tesla announced Robyn Denholm had taken Musk's place as chair and that she had been appointed chair "effective immediately."
At the end of 2024, the Musk Foundation had over $14 billion in assets.
The Musk Foundation's 2024 filing shows about $463 million in net assets, not over $14 billion.
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This number is contradicted by the Musk Foundation's latest publicly available tax filing data.
ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, which states its Form 990 data comes from the IRS, lists the Musk Foundation's fiscal year ending December 2024 with Net Assets: $462,970,680 and Total Assets: $462,970,680. That is roughly $463 million, not more than $14 billion.
The article's figure appears to be off by more than an order of magnitude.
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- Musk Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
For fiscal year ending Dec. 2024, ProPublica's IRS-sourced filing data lists the Musk Foundation with "Net Assets $462,970,680" and "Total Assets $462,970,680."