Exchanging blows: After Musk announced on Saturday that his Starlink company would provide internet services to vital organizations in the Gaza Strip and in response to Communications Minister Qari announcing that his ministry would sever ties with the company, the tycoon responded today with a tweet in which he wrote: "We are not so naïve."
The story began only yesterday, after Musk announced that his company would provide internet to vital organizations in Gaza, after the internet in Gaza went down following Israeli bombings. In response to Musk's announcement, Minister Qari tweeted that "Israel will use all means at its disposal to fight the decision."
Qari also claimed that "Hamas will use everything for terrorist activity, there is no doubt about that. Perhaps Musk will be willing to condition the provision of his internet services to Gaza on the release of our babies, boys, girls and adults. Everyone, including everyone."
"We will take extreme precautions"
Today, as mentioned, came a response from Musk, who tweeted, "We are not so naïve. As of now, no attempt has been made to connect Starlink to Gaza. If such an attempt is made, we will take extreme precautions to confirm that the connection will only be used for humanitarian-civilian purposes."
Musk added, "Moreover, we will conduct security checks with both the U.S. and Israeli governments before making even one connection."
We are not so naive.
Per my post, no Starlink terminal has attempted to connect from Gaza.
If one does, we will take extraordinary measures to confirm that it is used *only* for purely humanitarian reasons.
Moreover, we will do a security check with both the US and Israeli...
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2023
About a month ago, when Netanyahu visited the United States, the prime minister met with Musk. Netanyahu presented the advancement of artificial intelligence as the main reason for the meeting of the two, who held about half an hour of public conversation in which they dealt with the risks involved.
Netanyahu said that "artificial intelligence contains a blessing and a curse" and warned that it could bring with it many dangers, including destroying democracies and leading to a situation in which machines control people. However, after their meeting, it was estimated that Musk would accede to Netanyahu's request and establish an artificial intelligence development center in Israel.
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