Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on Sunday</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/bill-gates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Bill Gates</a> has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying in an interview airing on Sunday that the technology left unchecked could cause “a billion deaths” and “no one thinks self-regulation is enough”.</p><p>“You need law enforcement and the politicians to get into the discussion about what safeguards and monitoring look like,” the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bill-gates-ai-companies-self-regulating-governments-monitoring-rcna599619" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">said</a> to Kristen Welker, the NBC Meet the Press host. “And that has to be a required thing.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/bill-gates-artificial-intelligence-kristen-welker" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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