Bill Gates Warns AI Without Safeguards Is 'Completely Irresponsible,' Risks Billion Deaths

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in a prime-time interview this week that deploying artificial intelligence without mandatory government safeguards and monitoring is "completely irresponsible" and powerful enough to drive events causing "a billion deaths." In an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press in late September, Gates staked out an unusually stark position on AI risks, arguing that the technology has already crossed a critical threshold for enabling bioterrorism and that existing industry practices fall far short of what society requires.