Elon Musk revealed as shock ‘special guest’ at Rishi Sunak’s AI summit – with Tesla mogul set for interview with PM
ELON Musk has been revealed as the surprise guest at Britain's AI summit - and will sit down for an interview with Rishi Sunak.
The tech mogul will fly in for the conference taking place at Bletchley Park this week.
And the PM has agreed to a streamed conversation with the notoriously free-wheeling billionaire.
The pair will speak on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday night following the end of the two-day gathering.
Last week Mr Musk branded Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf a "blatant racist" for a 2020 speech criticising the amount of white people occupying influential positions.
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His attendance will buoy Mr Sunak's summit which has been shunned by most world leaders.
Italian PM Georgia Meloni is going as is US Vice President Kamala Harris. It came as around a third of Brits fear AI could put them out of a job.
The Office for National Statistics found that 32 per cent of adults are concerned about their livelihoods.
Those in administrative and secretarial roles - 43 per cent - and sales and customer service jobs - 41 per cent - are most concerned.
Meanwhile, 28 per cent of those questioned said AI could make their jobs easier.
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This was particularly the case for those in professional and managerial jobs.