Bill Gates Warns AI Powerful Enough to Lead to ‘a Billion Deaths’

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence is a "powerful enough" tool to kill off a substantial portion of humanity, joining a growing chorus of tech leaders and employees calling attention to AI's existential risks. Most Read from Bloomberg China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong Kroger Sets New Dress Code Rules for Its Grocery-Store Workers Morgan Stanley Rushes to Check Fallout After Deal List Leak Meta Debuts Dedicated 'Charm' Device for Using Muse AI Meta Launches Lightweight $1,299 VR Headset That Looks Like Glasses "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths," Gates said in an excerpt of an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, set...