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Elon Musk
buys MIT

The billionaire plans to transform the prestigious Cambridge institution into a global laboratory for artificial intelligence.

By the fictional newsroom   |   September 25, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.   ·   Fictional scenario
MIT’s Great Dome and Killian Court, a campus photograph used for illustration.CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Illustrative photograph: Madcoverboy / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Image resized and cropped for display.