Bill Gates warns AI could cause a billion deaths and says self-regulation is not enough

Bill Gates said artificial intelligence is powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths, and that self-regulation is not enough because safeguards and monitoring have to be a required thing. The European Union has required them since August 2025, and since 2 August this year the Commission has been able to fine a model provider 3% of worldwide turnover.

Bill Gates said artificial intelligence is powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths, Bloomberg reported. He was speaking in an excerpt from an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press due to air this weekend. There has never been a weapon as powerful as people with ill intent using the latest AI tools, the Microsoft co-founder said.

The second half matters more.

Self-regulation is not enough, Gates said, and law enforcement and politicians need to be in the discussion about what safeguards and monitoring look like. That...

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