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Bill Gates Says Trump Underestimates AI Risks, Warns of Rapid Transformation

  • On Monday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned on CBS Mornings that society underestimates artificial intelligence risks, contradicting President Donald Trump's recent dismissal of such concerns as a "hoax."
  • Trump has framed AI development as an international competition, declaring "WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!" and arguing on Truth Social that opposition to data centres could favor China while rejecting calls for additional "guardrails."
  • Gates described AI as an "evolutionary event" moving faster than previous revolutions, warning that sophisticated systems could be misused for bioterrorism or financial hacks while reshaping law and medicine within a decade.
  • The Gates Foundation is spending $1 billion over two years to support projects in education, health care, and agriculture, targeting 3.4 billion people whose languages remain underrepresented in current AI models.
  • Experts argue that society lacks necessary policies to manage upcoming economic disruption from advanced AI systems, highlighting a critical gap between rapid technological adoption and public readiness for such transformation.
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Gates warns of AI tools in the hands of "people with evil intentions." AI could lead to events that cause a billion deaths, but the extinction of humanity would be "slightly difficult."

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After independent hacking attacks by AI, warnings of existential risks of the technology accumulate. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sees a billion lives in danger.

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After independent hacking attacks by AI, warnings of existential risks of the technology accumulate. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sees a billion lives in danger.

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In an interview with NBC, which will air on Sunday, the Microsoft "brain" even talks about the extinction of humanity from events that AI can cause.

·Marousi, Greece
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Eesti Rahvusringhääling broke the news in Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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