Elon Musk to join Rishi Sunak for discussion on risks posed by AI. Here’s what you should know

British PM Rishi Sunak and world’s richest man Elon Musk will come together to talk about the risks posed by artificial intelligence. The conversation between the duo will be held on Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) after the end of AI safety summit on Thursday.

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Informing about the upcoming conversation with Musk, PM Sunak wrote, “In conversation with @elonmusk. After the AI Safety Summit Thursday night on @x.”

The AI Safety SUmmit will be held on November 1 and 2 with the aim of analyzing the risks posed by AI and building international consensus on its safe development, Reuters reported.

Aides of PM Sunak have touted the conversation with Musk as evidence that the AI Safety Summit is gaining traction. Bloomberg while quoting 3 UK government officials noted that Musk could also attend the summit which is scheduled to be held at Bletchley Park.

Musk’s attendance would help add credence to the already star studded 100 member guest list which includes leaders from world’s most prominent powers including US Vice President Kamala Harris and Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

His attendance would add some celebrity to the summit, which Sunak hoped would attract leaders of the world’s biggest powers, as well as top tech executives. World leaders expected to attend include Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US Vice President Kamala Harris.

Other business leaders that are attending the summit include Microsoft’s Brad Smith, Meta Global affairs president Nick Clegg, Google DeepMind’s James Manyika and Demis Hassabis.

While speaking about the risks posed by AI last week, Sunak had said (as quoted by Reuters), “Get this wrong, and AI could make it easier to build chemical or biological weapons… And in the most unlikely but extreme cases, there is even the risk that humanity could lose control of AI completely.”