Netanyahu meets ex-Google CEO Schmidt, asks him to serve on AI advisory team
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in New York on September 20, 2023 . (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to discuss artificial intelligence, the Prime Minister’s Office reveals.
Netanyahu asked Schmidt, who has advised both Barack Obama and Joe Biden, to serve on his team of AI advisers, and Schmidt accepted, according to the PMO.
Earlier this week Netanyahu met with Netanyahu tech CEO Elon Musk in California for talks that also touched on the possible benefits and dangers of AI.
