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How to use ChatGPT for learning
Gina Acosta
October 09, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
SoftBank is doubling down on its ambition to dominate “Physical AI” with a new acquisition that underscores the vision of its founder and CEO for the future of intelligent machines.
Let’s jump into it!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
SoftBank Buys ABB’s Robotics Unit for $5.4B to Advance “Physical AI”
Microsoft To Partner With Harvard Health For Copilot
AI Tutorial: How to use ChatGPT for learning
AI Tools to check out
AI Findings/Resources
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI News
SOFTBANK
SoftBank Buys ABB’s Robotics Unit for $5.4B to Advance “Physical AI”
SoftBank is buying ABB’s robotics division for $5.4 billion. The deal, which remains subject to global regulatory approval, replaces ABB’s earlier plan to spin off the unit as an independently listed firm.
Details:
Masayoshi Son, founder of SoftBank, says the company’s next frontier is Physical AI, the convergence of Artificial Super Intelligence and robotics that he hopes will drive “a groundbreaking evolution that will propel humanity forward.”
Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) is Son’s concept of AI that is 10,000 times smarter than humans and, he predicts, will emerge within the next decade.
In line with those expectations, Son has sought to position SoftBank at the center of the potential AI boom through investments and acquisitions across technology, including ownership of chip designer Arm, a major stake in OpenAI, and robot-related investments such as AutoStore Holdings and Agile Robots.
For ABB, although it means shelving the spin-off plans prepared since April, the company said the deal will give it “greater power to do what we want to do” and “create immediate value for ABB shareholders.”
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MICROSOFT
Microsoft To Partner With Harvard Health For Copilot
Harvard Medical School has entered a new licensing agreement with Microsoft, giving the company access to its consumer health content on specific diseases and wellness topics.
Details:
Microsoft will pay Harvard a licensing fee and is preparing to launch a new version of Copilot this month that already incorporates the university’s content.
This new version of Copilot will draw on information from the Harvard Health Publishing arm to respond to queries about healthcare topics, aiming to give users answers “that are more in line with the information they might get from a medical practitioner.”
Past studies have warned against relying on chatbots for medical advice due to their inaccuracy, an issue Microsoft now aims to tackle by sourcing material “from the right places.”
By making Copilot more useful and trusted in everyday health tasks, the company hopes to differentiate and strengthen its brand amid growing competition, especially from partner OpenAI.
AI Tutorial
How to use ChatGPT for learning
ChatGPT’s Study Mode is designed to help you build a deeper understanding of any topic. Instead of just giving answers, ChatGPT asks interactive questions to learn your goals and skill level, then works with you step by step until you reach the answer.
Go to ChatGPT, click the “+” icon, and select “Study & Learn.”
ChatGPT will offer suggestions; you can choose one or write your own prompt.
Tell ChatGPT what you want to study and your level (beginner, intermediate, etc.). Upload notes, slides, images, or PDFs if you have them.
Example: “I’m a beginner in Spanish. Help me practice simple sentences and basic grammar. Correct my mistakes and explain why before giving me the next exercise.”
ChatGPT will ask guiding questions, break topics into smaller parts, and prompt you to answer or think before showing more. You’ll get quizzes, open-ended questions, and exercises to apply what you’ve learned.
AI Tools to check out
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📧 Dreamlit: AI-powered email automation for Supabase.
🔍 Humata: Ask questions across all of your files.
🌐 LPagery: A tool designed to help businesses get mentioned by leading AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity.
AI Findings/Resources
🔄 Why circular AI deals among OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD are raising eyebrows
👀 AI came from tech, but the most advanced AI businesses are in every industry
🔮 The 8 AI agent trends for 2026 everyone must be ready for now
✍ A quick trick that might save you from signing something you’ll regret
✅ 4 ways Gemini Enterprise makes work easier for everyone
The latest in AI and Tech
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The U.S. has cleared Nvidia to export several billion dollars’ worth of AI chips to the United Arab Emirates as part of a deal linking chip sales to Emirati investments in the U.S.
The UAE plans to invest around $1.4 trillion over the next decade, including building a massive data center in Abu Dhabi with OpenAI as a partner.
Chinese AI researcher Yao Shunyu has left Anthropic for Google DeepMind, citing the company’s “anti-China statements” as the main reason.
Anthropic recently labeled China an “adversarial nation” and blocked subsidiaries of Chinese firms from using its services.
In an interview with The Guardian, Mad Max director George Miller called generative AI “arguably the most dynamically evolving tool in making moving images.”
He said art must evolve with technology and believes AI will make filmmaking more accessible to anyone “with a calling to it,” describing it as “way more egalitarian.”
The overhauled version will come with a new photo gallery, people view, AI slideshows, and editing tools.
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