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Debunked: The Viral Story of Elon Musk Funding a Child’s Neuralink Implant

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By Web Desk Published March 27, 2025 2 Min Read
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Authorities have confirmed that the claim regarding Elon Musk financing medical treatment and a Neuralink brain implant for a young girl named Lily Thompson is completely false.

The story began to gain traction on social media platforms in late March 2025, featuring posts that included an image purportedly showing Musk alongside a child in a hospital bed. These posts commended Musk’s generosity for covering over $2 million in medical expenses and facilitating an experimental Neuralink chip implant, which reportedly resulted in a significant recovery for the child.

When @elonmusk heard about 7-year-old Lily Thompson, a girl battling a rare neurological disorder that left her unable to walk, speak, or even breathe without assistance. She was facing astronomical costs and fading hope, Lily’s family received an unexpected lifeline when Musk… pic.twitter.com/xn1YGKlffa

— MAGA Grandmom T 🇺🇸🌻 (@magagrandmom) March 27, 2025

Upon closer examination, no credible evidence or legitimate news coverage supports any part of this narrative. The timeline of events presented in the original article from News.Citestesitu.com raises immediate concerns due to its implausibility, as it suggests that Musk became aware of the child’s condition and acted within an impossible timeframe.

AI detection tools such as ZeroGPT, GPTZero, WasItAI, and Decopy AI suggest that artificial intelligence likely generated the image and its accompanying text, raising further questions about the story’s authenticity.

"The next Neuralink product is BlindSight which will enable people who have lost both eyes or have no eye sight to see."

Elon Musk
pic.twitter.com/uv8ExkuGrU

— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) March 27, 2025

Contrary to the claims, Neuralink’s documented clinical trials have involved only adult participants. The trials began in 2024 with an adult quadriplegic man and have not included children as participants to date. Elon Musk confirmed that only three adults had received the implant as of early 2025, with plans to expand the trial cautiously.

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