Bill Gates Warns AI Powerful Enough to Lead to ‘a Billion Deaths’
Gates said malicious actors could use advanced AI to cause mass harm and argued that lawmakers must set required safeguards.
- 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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<p>Bill Gates warns of AI threat capable of causing a billion deaths Bill Gates has called on states to legislate AI because of the risk of abuse. He considers self-regulation of technology companies </p>insufficient.
Bil Gates makes a bleak prediction about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by "people with bad intentions." He even talks about the possibility of a huge number of deaths worldwide. Microsoft co-founder believes that artificial intelligence could be responsible for "1 billion deaths." Bill Gates' statements were made in a broadcast interview...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has argued for the need to regulate artificial intelligence, while the heads of the largest American AI labs are also calling for a slowdown in the pace of development, but decision-makers in Washington have not yet taken action, NBC reported.
Artificial intelligence is powerful enough to kill a billion people if it falls into the wrong hands, alerted Bill Gates, while Microsoft's co-founder advocated stricter government regulation for technology. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the subject and register.
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, warns of the risks that the development of artificial intelligence could bring if this technology is not subject to regulatory and monitoring measures.
Bill Gates demands that governments and authorities engage in the regulation and supervision of artificial intelligence, warning that self-regulation of companies in the field is not enough. Microsoft co-founder says that technology has become so powerful that, used by malicious people, it could cause unprecedented destruction.
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