<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered an enterprising teenager $5,000 to remove a Twitter bot tracking the movements of his private plane.</p>.<p>The billionaire reached out to the 19-year-old, Jack Sweeney, last November to express concern about a Twitter account he runs called @ElonJet, which provides regular updates on flights of well-known figures by using publicly available data.</p>.<p>Musk offered Jack $5,000 (Rs 3.75 lakhs) to stop tweeting about his jets. However, Jack turned down Musk's offer and instead demanded $50,000 (Rs 37.55 lakhs), saying that the amount would cover his college fees and also help him buy a Tesla car, according to Protocol.</p>.<p>Musk said he would think about it, but so far has not paid up.</p>.<p>The negotiation between Musk and Sweeney reportedly happened over several direct messages on Twitter.</p>.<p>The most recent exchange of messages between the two was on January 26, when Sweeney said he would prefer an internship over payment in exchange for deleting the account.</p>.<p>"I understand your view, but I hope that you would see my interest because I have been developing this since I was only in high school," Sweeney told Musk.</p>.<p>So far, Sweeney said that he has not heard back from Musk on his offer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered an enterprising teenager $5,000 to remove a Twitter bot tracking the movements of his private plane.</p>.<p>The billionaire reached out to the 19-year-old, Jack Sweeney, last November to express concern about a Twitter account he runs called @ElonJet, which provides regular updates on flights of well-known figures by using publicly available data.</p>.<p>Musk offered Jack $5,000 (Rs 3.75 lakhs) to stop tweeting about his jets. However, Jack turned down Musk's offer and instead demanded $50,000 (Rs 37.55 lakhs), saying that the amount would cover his college fees and also help him buy a Tesla car, according to Protocol.</p>.<p>Musk said he would think about it, but so far has not paid up.</p>.<p>The negotiation between Musk and Sweeney reportedly happened over several direct messages on Twitter.</p>.<p>The most recent exchange of messages between the two was on January 26, when Sweeney said he would prefer an internship over payment in exchange for deleting the account.</p>.<p>"I understand your view, but I hope that you would see my interest because I have been developing this since I was only in high school," Sweeney told Musk.</p>.<p>So far, Sweeney said that he has not heard back from Musk on his offer.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>