Bill Gates urges US to lead AI safeguards, warns of bioterror risks

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Bill Gates warned that AI could cause a billion deaths, comparing its potential danger to a Terminator-style apocalypse and calling for urgent government oversight. Gates urged the United States to lead in establishing AI safeguards, noting China would create its own measures. He highlighted AI's ability to blur the line between lifesaving medical research and bioterrorism, saying no weapon has matched ill-intent users with AI tools. President Donald Trump dismissed such apocalyptic predictions, asserting US leadership in AI, while former President Barack Obama expressed concern about the technology advancing rapidly in private hands without adequate regulation.


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