Bill Gates was probably otherwise engaged. Mark Zuckerberg was busy in the metaverse. And Jeff Bezos was tied up on his next rocket trip. When the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was looking for a major technology tycoon to host a conversation with at his Artificial Intelligence summit later this week those were probably the names at the top of the wish list. When all of them declined, however, the Prime Minister settled for the Tesla founder Elon Musk instead. But hold on. While Musk is without question a major tycoon, he is also a huge wild card. And Sunak may well end up regretting his choice.
Whether he lights up a spliff with the man who is banning smoking cigarettes remains to be seen. But it is the kind of stunt Musk would find amusing
Musk is certainly a catch. One of the richest men in the world, he has built Tesla up into an impressive automobile company.
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