Shivon Zilis says she and Elon Musk have broken up on X

In short: Shivon Zilis said on X that she and Elon Musk have broken up after a post noted Musk no longer follows her.

The details

Shivon Zilis posted a breakup message on X, the social media site owned by Elon Musk. Zilis is the mother of four of Musk’s children.

She made the announcement by quote-posting an update from “Big Tech Alert,” an account that tracks who follows and unfollows whom on X. (Think of it like a public scoreboard for social media connections.) The post said Musk was no longer following Zilis.

In her statement, Zilis wrote, “It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes.”

The Verge also noted Zilis’s past professional ties to Musk. During a trial earlier this year involving Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Zilis testified that she worked across Musk’s “entire AI portfolio,” including Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI. She denied under oath that she was Musk’s chief of staff, but Musk testified that she was.

The breakup drew attention because it played out publicly through follows and unfollows, a small social media action that can still send a loud message. It also comes amid ongoing public interest in Musk’s personal and business relationships, especially when they overlap.

Source: The Verge AI