Netanyahu visits Elon Musk in California and plans to speak about synthetic intelligence

SAN JOSE, CA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins a visit to the US in California to speak about expertise and synthetic intelligence with billionaire businessman Elon Musk.

The Israeli chief posted Monday on Musk’s social media platform

Netanyahu’s high-profile go to to the San Francisco Bay Space comes at a time when Musk faces accusations of tolerating anti-Semitic messages on his social media platform, whereas Netanyahu faces political opposition at house and overseas. Protesters gathered early Monday exterior the Fremont, California, manufacturing unit the place Tesla makes its vehicles.

Lots of of 1000’s of Israelis participated in demonstrations that lasted 9 months in opposition to Netanyahu’s plan to reform the Israeli judicial system. These protests unfold overseas, as teams of Israeli expatriates organized demonstrations throughout visits by Netanyahu and different members of his authorities.

In the meantime, the Anti-Defamation League, a distinguished Jewish civil rights group, accused Musk of permitting anti-Semitism and hate speech to unfold on X, partly by amplifying the messages of neo-Nazis and white supremacists who need the league banned by participating with them on the platform.

In a submit dated September 4, Musk claimed that the affiliation is “attempting to kill this platform by falsely accusing me and me of anti-Semitism.” In different posts, he stated the league was accountable for a 60% drop in X income.

This month, the group met with X CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Each Musk and Yaccarino have not too long ago posted messages saying they oppose anti-Semitism.

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. Amongst them are German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with South Korean President Yeon Suk-yeol and United Nations Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres.

Netanyahu says the judicial reform plan is important to restrict the powers of unelected judges, who he and his allies say are liberal and overly interventionist. His critics say his plan is an influence seize that will destroy the nation’s system of checks and balances and push it towards authoritarian rule.

Distinguished figures in Israel’s influential high-tech group performed a distinguished position within the protests. They are saying weakening the judiciary will hurt the nation’s enterprise local weather and drive away overseas funding. The worth of the Israeli foreign money, the shekel, has fallen this 12 months in an indication of weak overseas funding.