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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Bill Gates warns of a ‘tumultuous’ 20-year period of AI disruption

In a Verge interview and following an August essay, Bill Gates said AI is “the most dangerous thing” humanity has approached and urged preparation for roughly two decades of disruptive change that could split society and upend labor, while criticizing current policy and industry coordination.

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MONEY · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

Gates Foundation pledges at least $1B to expand AI in health, education and agriculture after Gates warns of AI dangers

The Gates Foundation will invest at least $1 billion over two years to make AI tools more widely available in health, education, and agriculture, according to reporting in The Decoder. Bill Gates warned that over 90% of training data for early language models came from English sources, noted speech recognition fails about 60% of the time in Yoruba, and said the market is "a terrible guarantor of equal opportunity."

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