A video using BBC News branding that says billionaire Elon Musk launched supercomputer software to trade stocks and make investments is a fake report and is not connected to the broadcaster. The clip shows BBC News presenter Lewis Vaughan Jones introducing the so-called investment project, saying ”All the European Union citizens no longer need to work,” before switching to a video of Musk. No such report can be found on the BBC News website or social profiles, nor any reporting on any such investment project launched by Musk. The clip featuring Musk is taken from Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting held in Austin, Texas, on May 16, 2023. The original clip shows Musk talking about changes in the voltage architecture of Tesla cars (here) (timestamp 11:15).

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Persons: Elon Musk, Lewis Vaughan Jones, Musk, Jones, Read Organizations: BBC News, BBC, European Union, Facebook, Reuters, CNN Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Kramatorsk, Austin , Texas