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Musk Reportedly Fathered Twins With a Neuralink Executive Last Year

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Billionaire Elon Musk is the father of eight-month-old twins born to a senior executive at his artificial intelligence startup Neuralink, Insider reported, citing a court document.

Musk and the executive asked a Texas judge in April to change the children’s names to reflect both their surnames, Insider said. The request was granted, according to the report.

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The two babies would bring Musk’s total known children to nine. He has advocated for increasing the population as part of his vision for colonizing other planets.

Neuralink, a closely held company controlled by Musk, and Musk didn’t immediately respond to emailed inquiries, and Bloomberg couldn’t immediately obtain a copy of the court document.

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