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Bill Gates warns advanced AI could enable events causing a billion deaths
September 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM · Updated 19d ago
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AJAl Jazeera English
Bill Gates says AI without regulation is ‘completely irresponsible’
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بيل جيتس يحذر: الذكاء الاصطناعى قد يتسبب فى وفاة مليار شخص - اليوم السابع
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بيل جيتس يحذر: الذكاء الاصطناعي قد يتسبب في وفاة مليار شخص | مصراوي
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TGThe Guardian
Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
(opens the publisher’s site)Bill Gates has warned that advanced AI could enable events causing a billion deaths and urged U.S. lawmakers to impose binding safety rules.
- Gates, in an NBC News interview, said AI has become strong enough to enable events that could kill a billion people if misused.
- Gates said governments should not leave AI safety entirely to tech companies and called for U.S. legislation setting safeguards.
- He said the warning describes a possibility, not a prediction, and that oversight matters more as AI capabilities expand.
- Gates said added regulatory requirements would raise operational costs but need not stop development or drastically slow innovation.
- Gates called developing AI without safeguards and external monitoring 'completely irresponsible' and urged politicians and law enforcement to define oversight.
- He offered to speak directly with President Donald Trump, rejecting Trump's dismissal of AI dangers as a hoax.