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Elon Musk wants to buy ChatGPT

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February 11, 2025

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Welcome to FavTutor’s AI Recap! We’ve gathered all the latest and important AI developments for the past 24 hours in one place, just for you.

In Today’s Newsletter: 😀

  • Elon Musk wants to buy ChatGPT

  • AI shortens learning time from two years to six weeks

  • Humans will lose control of Society because of AI

OpenAI
💰️ Elon Musk wants to buy ChatGPT

According to the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk submitted a bid to OpenAI’s board on Monday to buy the company. The consortium of investors includes Musk, his startup xAI, and long-time investors in his other businesses including, Baron Capital Group, Valor, Atreides, and more.

Insights for you:

  • Elon Musk and a group of investors are offering $97.4 billion to take control of OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT.

  • Mocking this offer, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman replied on X: “No thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

  • This reply drew a sharp comment from Musk, who wrote “Swindler” under Altman’s post on X. The Tesla chief then shared a video of Sam Altman with the caption “Scam Altman.”

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AI Innovation
👨‍🎓 AI shortens learning time from two years to six weeks

A recent pilot project in Nigeria's Edo State shows how AI tutoring can accelerate student learning when combined with teacher guidance. Students who used Microsoft Copilot as a virtual tutor twice weekly made significant gains in both English and digital skills.

Insights for you:

  • In a six-week pilot project in Nigeria, students used Microsoft Copilot twice a week as a virtual tutor to improve their English language and digital skills, with teachers providing supporting topics and writing tasks.

  • After completing the program, students’ test scores improved by almost two years of learning compared to the control group.

  • These results become more interesting because many participants had never used a computer before the program.

AI Research
🏘️ Humans will lose control of Society because of AI

A new study suggests that even gradual advances in AI could steadily erode human control over society's core systems, with potentially life-threatening consequences. It emphasizes the need for international coordination as incentives for AI adoption increase.

Insights for you:

  • A new study warns that gradual advances in AI could lead to "gradual disempowerment," where humanity slowly loses influence over core societal systems like the economy, culture, and government, potentially resulting in an existential catastrophe.

  • As AI systems increasingly replace human labor and cognition in these areas, they weaken both explicit control mechanisms like elections and consumer decisions.

  • The researchers say AI systems might also optimize for outcomes that don't match human preferences more aggressively.