Asia Tech Wire (July 26) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington on Wednesday to discuss artificial intelligence and technology cooperation.

Netanyahu tweeted on Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that he met with Musk after his address to the U.S. Congress.

"We discussed the opportunities and challenges in AI, its impact on the economy and society, and explored ways for technological cooperation with Israel," said Netanyahu.

Musk visited Israel at the end of November last year during the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, when he met with Netanyahu.

During that visit, the American billionaire entrepreneur reached a consensus in principle" with Israel to allow the Gaza Strip to use his Starlink satellite Internet service.