Bill Gates
Co-founder, Microsoft; chair, Gates Foundation · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Microsoft co-founder who in September 2026 warned AI could cause 'a billion deaths' and called industry self-regulation 'insane'.
News mentioning Bill Gates (2)
- Bill Gates warns AI could drive events causing 'a billion deaths' and says industry self-regulation is 'insane' ★★★
On NBC's Meet the Press (Sept 27, 2026) Bill Gates said "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths" and called for required, government-set safeguards and monitoring. On The Ezra Klein Show (Sept 29) he said AI "crossed the cyber threshold and ... the bio…
- Unsealed briefs in the authors' case against OpenAI and Microsoft: 'We trained GPT-3 on pirated stuff!' ★★★
Briefs unsealed around Sept 21, 2026 in the consolidated authors' copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft (S.D.N.Y., MDL 25-md-03143, partial summary judgment briefing) quote internal documents showing OpenAI downloaded pirated books from Library Genesis (LibGen) for early GPT training…
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