Super weird that the only relationship documented in this article is two "dinners with AI executives in Asia." Does that count as a close relationship? I get invited to AI dinners in the Bay Area nonstop, and I understand they are always transactional (people wanting to sell me stuff), not actual relations with people who just happen to enjoy my presence...
You are not the CEO of the largest company in the world.
This. They seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill that seems to consist of a couple of normal business meetings.
Are you a CEO? Those invites might work a bit differently.