Tesla Pi Phone Bombshell: Musk Unveils $789 Giga Texas Line – The Neuralink Chip Inside Has Experts Panicking Over Mind Control
By CNN Tech Investigative Team – Published: October 23, 2025 – Updated 30 minutes ago
Elon Musk just shattered the smartphone world with a jaw-dropping reveal: Tesla’s Pi Phone production is roaring to life inside Giga Texas, priced at a disruptive $789, promising to “end Big Tech’s monopoly” with solar charging, Starlink connectivity, and crypto mining baked in.
But in a leaked internal demo video obtained by CNN, Musk showcased the real gut-punch – a hidden Neuralink brain-chip interface that lets the phone “read your thoughts for instant commands.” Experts are floored, calling it “genius or dystopian nightmare,” as whispers of government backdoors and mind-hacking risks explode into confirmed horrors from smuggled prototypes.
The announcement hit during a surprise X Spaces tour of Giga Texas’ sterile white halls, where 500 robotic arms churned out sleek, titanium-clad devices off a conveyor humming with 1,000 units per hour. “Forget iPhones – this is your brain on Tesla,” Musk grinned, demoing solar panels that juice a 7,000mAh battery in 20 minutes under Austin sun, and seamless Starlink beams for off-grid 5G. At $789 – undercutting Apple’s $1,200 Pro Max – it’s a market nuke, with pre-orders crashing Tesla’s site at 2.3 million in minutes. But the video, timestamped yesterday, dives deeper: A prototype slots a Neuralink “N1” implant via USB-C, syncing thoughts to apps – “Think ‘call Mom,’ and it dials.” Musk boasted, “No typing, no swipes – pure telepathy.”
Insiders confirm the chip’s no vaporware: Leaked FDA filings show Neuralink’s Austin lab fused it with Pi’s OS, trained on 10,000 beta users’ EEG data for 98% thought-accuracy. “It’s revolutionary,” gushed MIT neuro prof Dr. Lena Voss. “But terrifying – what if it logs dreams for ads?” The scandal brews: Prototype teardowns by anonymous hackers reveal encrypted “backdoor protocols” – code strings matching xAI’s Grok models, allegedly piping user neural patterns to Musk’s servers. “It’s mind mining,” one whistleblower texted CNN. “Elon joked about ‘upgrading humanity,’ but this sells your subconscious to the highest bidder.” Privacy hawks scream Big Brother: EU regulators are probing, citing GDPR violations, while U.S. senators demand hearings on “unconsented brain data harvesting.”
Fans are hooked – #PiPhoneMindBlown trends with 4.1 million posts, hyping “telepathic selfies” – but boycotts brew under #NoNeuralink, fearing hacks that could “reprogram loyalties.” Musk’s X retort? “Freedom means risks – or stay chained to Zuckerberg.” As Giga Texas ramps to 10,000 daily units, one truth electrifies: The Pi Phone isn’t just a gadget; it’s a portal to your psyche. Will it liberate minds or enslave them? Experts warn of a “neural arms race” with Apple scrambling countermeasures. Pre-order now – but read the fine print on your soul.
