Netanyahu speaks to visiting OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, discusses cooperation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on the phone with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

The two discuss “opportunities and challenges facing the world and the State of Israel in connection to artificial intelligence,” according to a short statement from Netanyahu’s office, which also says the two are discussing cooperation in the field of AI development.

The conversation comes after reports, denied by both Netanyahu and Altman, that the AI celebrity declined to meet the prime minister.