Elon Musk no longer listed as APEC speaker

Elon Musk arrives at the Senate Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

(KRON) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk was scheduled to speak at the Asia-Pacific Economic Coalition CEO Summit on Thursday, but has since been removed from the speaker list.

Representatives for the APEC CEO Summit told KRON4 that Musk had a schedule change that prevented him from coming.

“We are grateful for his offer to join the session remotely, but it was agreed among all speakers that participation would be in person. We look forward to having Elon join us at a future APEC CEO Summit.

Musk was supposed to talk about the future of AI with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, but was replaced by John Kerry, according to the APEC schedule. The session, “1:1 Conversation on AI and the Future,” will feature Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and the U.S. President’s Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry. It is scheduled for 4:45 p.m.

The news came after Musk publicly agreed with a tweet claiming that the Jewish community was pushing hatred against white people amid the Gaza war.

Musk responded to a tweet from a user who goes by the name “Artist formerly known as Eric,” saying the Jewish community “pushes the same dialectical hatred against white people that they claim they want people to stop.” ‘use against them’, with: ‘You told the real truth.’

Musk’s comment sparked a answer on ” from the CEO of the Jewish advocacy group Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, saying: “It is unquestionably dangerous to use one’s influence to validate and promote anti-Semitic theories. »

Musk’s Tesla did not immediately respond to our request for comment.