Elon Musk will not be participating in the APEC summit session on AI, with John Kerry taking his place.
Musk faced criticism for his recent social media comments and was in San Francisco for the APEC CEO Summit, where he attended an event with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“Elon Musk had a schedule change that prevented him from joining the APEC CEO Summit 2023,” the Summit stated. (Trending: Jury Reaches Verdict In Paul Pelosi Hammer Case)
Elon Musk is REPLACED by John Kerry in APEC CEO Summit session due to 'scheduling clash' – a day after he was branded 'the world's richest bigot' after agreeing with anti-Semitic post https://t.co/nM0N1RE1eY pic.twitter.com/miUc17s176
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 16, 2023
“We’re thankful for his offer to join the session remotely, however, it was agreed among all speakers that participating would be in person. We look forward to Elon joining us at a future APEC CEO Summit.”
Separately, a SpaceX rocket launch, originally planned for Friday, was delayed due to technical issues.
The APEC events are expected to bring San Francisco and its businesses a total of $53 million.
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