RISHI Sunak will appear “in conversation with” Elon Musk to discuss the future of artificial intelligence, it has been announced.

The Prime Minister and Twitter/X owner are set to appear together on Thursday night after the AI summit being organised by the UK Government.

World leaders including US President Joe Biden are not attending, with Downing Street denying the Prime Minister’s global gathering is being snubbed.

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Sunak hopes the summit on AI safety, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at Bletchley Park, will cement the UK’s status as a leading world player in the cutting-edge technology.

After the summit, Musk and Sunak will discuss AI, but it is unclear if the SpaceX chief will appear in person or virtually.

Sharing a GIF of the door of No10 shifting to say “X”, Sunak wrote on social media: “In conversation with @elonmusk. After the AI Safety Summit. Thursday night on @x.”

The news comes after Musk’s Twitter/X platform announced it was worth $19 billion – a fall of $25bn from the $44bn which Musk paid for it just 12 months ago.

Last week, the billionaire also made headlines in the UK after calling First Minister Humza Yousaf a "racist" after reacting to a clipped video shared by a social media account called "End Wokeness".

The White House has confirmed that US vice president Kamala Harris will attend the summit rather than Biden, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are believed to be unlikely to show up.

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Asked whether Sunak feels he is being snubbed by international counterparts, his spokesperson said: “No, not at all.

“We remain confident that we have brought together the right group of world experts in the AI space, leading businesses, and indeed world leaders and representatives who will be able to take on this vital issue.”

It is a “significant achievement” to host the first AI safety summit of its kind, he said.

The official declined to comment on reports that the UK had upgraded the invitation sent to China from a more junior invitee to President Xi Jinping.

He said: “I’m not going to get into the ins and outs of invite lists. I think we’ve always sought to have the right level of representation.

“Of course, as the Foreign Secretary set out, it’s important to invite China given they too are world leaders in AI.”