Gates Foundation Warns AI Could Widen Inequality as Foundation Pledges $1B to Expand Access
The funding will support education, health care and agriculture tools, while also building local language data so AI works for underserved communities.
- On Tuesday, the Gates Foundation pledged $1 billion over two years to improve global access to artificial intelligence. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that technology must combat social inequities rather than deepen existing disparities.
- In the annual Goalkeepers report, Gates argued that AI risks becoming the "worst source of injustice" if left to market forces alone. He urged leaders to measure success by the technology's benefits to those with the greatest needs.
- The $1 billion funding targets key sectors: 40 per cent for education, 40 per cent for healthcare, and 10 per cent each for agriculture and digital infrastructure. These AI-focused initiatives aim to provide localized tools for underserved communities worldwide.
- Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman confirmed partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.org to develop AI tools. Collaborative projects include training health workers in Rwanda and building datasets for underrepresented languages like Chichewa.
- Ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly in New York, experts caution that international processes move slower than AI development. Secretary-General Antόnio Guterres emphasized that AI governance cannot be controlled by only a few nations.
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The Gates Foundation will spend at least $1 billion over the next two years to help poorer countries use artificial intelligence in healthcare, education and agriculture, as concerns grow that the technology could widen existing global inequalities.
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