{"id":3140,"date":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/sunak-plays-eager-chatshow-host-as-musk-discusses-ai-and-politics\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:42:21","slug":"sunak-plays-eager-chatshow-host-as-musk-discusses-ai-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/sunak-plays-eager-chatshow-host-as-musk-discusses-ai-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak plays eager chatshow host as Musk discusses AI and politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prime minister flattered the entrepreneur who in turn put aside his abrasive persona for their talk on AI<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Elon Musk was interviewed by the American podcast host Joe Rogan. On Wednesday he was grilled by reporters outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/30\/no-10-fends-off-claims-rishi-sunak-being-snubbed-over-ai-safety-summit\">the AI safety summit in Bletchley Park<\/a>. On Thursday, it was the turn of the British prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>British officials have crowed for days about their success in getting the world&rsquo;s richest man to attend the summit, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/30\/who-is-attending-sunaks-ai-safety-summit-and-what-will-they-discuss\">a pet project for Sunak<\/a>. 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