Bill Gates Is Spending $1 Billion to Keep A.I. From Widening the Global Divide

Bill Gates Is Spending $1 Billion to Keep A.I. From Widening the Global Divide

A.I. may be advancing at breakneck speed, but Bill Gates worries its most powerful tools are reaching the wealthiest people and countries first. To help counter that, the 70-year-old Microsoft co-founder is committing at least $1 billion through his private foundation, trying to push the technology into the clinics, classrooms and farms that Silicon Valley might otherwise overlook. Backed by a trust that held a $92 billion endowment as of June, …