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Gates Foundation Warns AI Could Widen Inequality as Foundation Pledges $1B to Expand Access

  • On Tuesday, the Gates Foundation pledged $1 billion over two years to improve global access to artificial intelligence. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that technology must combat social inequities rather than deepen existing disparities.
  • In the annual Goalkeepers report, Gates argued that AI risks becoming the "worst source of injustice" if left to market forces alone. He urged leaders to measure success by the technology's benefits to those with the greatest needs.
  • The $1 billion funding targets key sectors: 40 per cent for education, 40 per cent for healthcare, and 10 per cent each for agriculture and digital infrastructure. These AI-focused initiatives aim to provide localized tools for underserved communities worldwide.
  • Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman confirmed partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.org to develop AI tools. Collaborative projects include training health workers in Rwanda and building datasets for underrepresented languages like Chichewa.
  • Ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly in New York, experts caution that international processes move slower than AI development. Secretary-General Antόnio Guterres emphasized that AI governance cannot be controlled by only a few nations.
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American billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates believes that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems should be controlled by an international organization. He proposed that this body combine elements of organizations overseeing nuclear non-proliferation agreements or climate, and an international regulator in aviation. “You want politicians to build expertise in government, but it's necessary to create a whole set of insti…

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Bill Gates, an American billionaire and founder of Microsoft, called for the creation of an international organization that would oversee the development of artificial intelligence systems. The founder of Microsoft proposed creating an international body that combines elements of control over the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, climate agreements and aviation regulation. According to Gates, the development of AI will change the very approa…

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned in the Gates Foundation’s annual report that decisions made in the next 12 to 18 months will determine who will benefit most from advances in artificial intelligence. The foundation is investing at least $1 billion over the next two years to make AI more widely available, including in education, healthcare, agriculture, and linguistic diversity. Gates says AI can be a powerful force for social equality, but…

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