SAN JOSE, Calif. –
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is beginning a U.S. journey in California to speak about know-how and synthetic intelligence with billionaire businessman Elon Musk.
The Israeli chief posted Monday on Musk’s social media platform X, previously referred to as Twitter, that he plans to speak with the Tesla CEO “about how we will harness the alternatives and mitigate the dangers of AI for the great of civilization.”
Netanyahu’s high-profile go to to the San Francisco Bay Space comes at a time when Musk is dealing with accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform, whereas Netanyahu is confronting political opposition at residence and overseas. Protesters gathered early Monday outdoors the Fremont, California manufacturing unit the place Tesla makes its vehicles.
The video livestream kicked off shortly earlier than 9:30 a.m. with Netanyahu and the Tesla CEO. Netanyahu’s official X account posted that he’s holding a “one on one dialog” with Musk. The variety of viewers hovered round 700-800 individuals.
The 2 kicked off with a joke about deepfakes and shortly launched right into a dialogue of synthetic intelligence as each a blessing and a curse for humanity.
Netanyahu stated an essential query about extra superior AI is: “How do you get the worldwide regime to regulate this factor?”
He stated it begins by getting like-minded states to conform to a code of ethics and code of conduct to foster the advantages and “curb the curses” however stated there’ll nonetheless be a have to “police the planet” towards rogue actors.
The freestyle dialog, which included jokes from each males, quickly turned to free speech and antisemitism, with Netanyahu telling Musk he hopes that inside the confines of the First Modification he can discover a approach to clamp down on antisemitism and different types of hatred on his social media platform.
I encourage you and urge you to search out the stability. It is a robust one,” Netanyahu stated.
Musk stated that with 100 million to 200 million posts on X in a day, “a few of these are gonna be dangerous.” He then reiterated the platform’s coverage to not promote or amplify hate speech. Below Musk, the previous Twitter modified its guidelines in order that objectionable posts aren’t often eliminated, however as an alternative their visibility is restricted so individuals have to hunt it out in the event that they wish to see it. Musk calls this “freedom of speech, not freedom of attain.”
Musk is dealing with accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform. The Anti-Defamation League, a outstanding Jewish civil-rights group, has accused Musk of permitting antisemitism and hate speech to unfold on X. Its director, Jonathan Greenblatt, stated Musk had “amplified” the messages of neo-Nazis and white supremacists who wish to ban the league by participating with them not too long ago on X.
In a Sept. 4 submit, Musk claimed that the league was “attempting to kill this platform by falsely accusing it & me of being anti-Semitic.” In different posts, he stated the league was chargeable for a 60% drop in income at X.
The group met this month with X’s chief govt, Linda Yaccarino. Each Musk and Yaccarino have not too long ago posted messages saying they oppose antisemitism.
A whole lot of 1000’s of Israelis have taken half in 9 months of demonstrations towards Netanyahu’s plan to overtake Israel’s judicial system. These protests have unfold abroad, with teams of Israeli expats staging demonstrations throughout visits by Netanyahu and different members of his Cupboard.
From California, Netanyahu heads to New York, the place he’s scheduled to deal with the United Nations Basic Meeting and meet with President Joe Biden and different world leaders, his workplace stated. They embrace German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in addition to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres.
Netanyahu says the judicial overhaul plan is required to curb the powers of unelected judges, whom he and his allies say are liberal and overly interventionist. Critics say his plan is an influence seize that can destroy the nation’s system of checks and balances and push it towards autocratic rule.
Main figures in Israel’s influential high-tech neighborhood have performed a outstanding function within the protests. They are saying weakening the judiciary will harm the nation’s enterprise local weather and drive away international funding. Israel’s forex, the shekel, has plunged in worth this 12 months in an indication of weakening international funding.
Netanyahu performed down his overhaul as a wanted, minor correction to curb what he described as extreme powers of his nation’s judiciary. Critics say the plan, which features a proposal for controlling the appointment of the nation’s judges, would focus energy within the palms of Netanyahu and his allies. Netanyahu additionally made no point out of his corruption trial. Netanyahu describes himself as a sufferer of a witch hunt and his critics say the overhaul is motivated by his anger on the authorized system.
