- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought Elon Musk’s guidance on the existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, hinting that the tech billionaire is more powerful than the US president.
- “I said to my wife Sara, ‘this guy really knows what he’s talking about’, I said ‘he’s the Edison of our time’,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said during a discussion with Mr Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.
- “You can’t be president of the US last time I checked, but assume you are.”
- The tech billionaire, who is currently the world’s richest person, interjected: “Not officially.”
- President Netanyahu responded: “Not officially. OK, so you’re the unofficial president.”
