Netanyahu visits Elon Musk in California to discuss artificial intelligence

Protesters rally outside Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited businessman Elon Musk (Noah Berger/AP/PA)

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is starting a US trip in California to talk about technology and artificial intelligence with billionaire businessman Elon Musk.

The Israeli leader posted on Monday on Mr Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he plans to talk with the Tesla chief executive “about how we can harness the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI for the good of civilisation”.