Bill Gates prepares a major personal push on AI safety
The Microsoft co-founder is preparing to press technology executives and may commit significant personal resources to push for stricter oversight of artificial intelligence.
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Bill Gates says AI is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths
Bill Gates has spent this month putting $1 billion into AI for the world's poorest countries. He has now told NBC that the same technology is powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths and that companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves.
Coinbase's billionaire founder Brian Armstrong says philanthropy is 'net negative'
Brian Armstrong is worth around $9 billion and will not start a foundation. Charities get "captured by ideology," he says, and philanthropy is often image repair, naming Bill Gates, whose foundation is among Africa's largest health funders.
Billionaires Bezos and Gates join $188 million round for AI drug discovery firm
Family offices made 52 direct investments in August and about a fifth went to biotech. Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates both backed LifeMine Therapeutics, which uses AI to search fungal genomes for new drugs.
Bill Gates has 60% of his $33 billion foundation portfolio in three stocks and none of them are tech companies
Bill Gates, worth more than $100 billion despite decades of donations, has concentrated 60% of his Gates Foundation's $33 billion investment portfolio in three slow-growing value stocks, none of which are technology companies.
Bill Gates warns world leaders are unprepared for AI as jobs vanish, criminals gain power and children lose social skills
Bill Gates says world leaders have no plan for the AI era and warns the technology will either become the greatest equalizer ever invented or the worst source of injustice in history.
Bill Gates visits Rwanda to review AI health rollout backed by $50 million pilot
Bill Gates is in Rwanda to review its health and AI progress, months after his foundation and OpenAI made it the launch site for a pilot.
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed KoBold Metals breaks ground on a $2.5 billion Zambia copper mine and bets $50 million on Congo lithium
KoBold Metals, backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman, has broken ground on the $2.5 billion Mingomba copper mine in Zambia and committed $50 million to Congo lithium exploration.
Bill Gates Rejects Claims Linking Him to Mosquito Surge in Kenya
Bill Gates has rejected claims circulating online that link him to a surge in mosquitoes in Kenya, with his foundation calling the allegations false.
Bill Gates, OpenAI launch $50 million AI health rollout in Africa
Bill Gates and OpenAI are backing a 50 million rollout of AI health tools across 1,000 clinics in Africa by 2028.
Bill Gates foundation pledges $1.4 billion for farming in Africa, Asia
Bill Gates Foundation pledges $1.4 billion to support farmers across Africa and Asia with climate-resilient innovations and food security programs.
Bill Gates’ anti-malaria program halted in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso suspends Gates Foundation anti-malaria project, raising debate over genetically modified mosquitoes.
Bill Gates to direct most of $200 billion pledge toward Africa’s future
His focus: supporting governments that put people’s health and wellbeing at the heart of their agendas.
Bill Gates- and Jeff Bezos-backed mining venture discovers copper deposit in Zambia
With backing from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, led by Gates and Bezos, KoBold is poised to advance its operations rapidly to meet the surging global demand.
Bill Gates’ foundation invests $30 million to advance AI in Africa
Gates’ net worth currently stands at a staggering $124 billion. This immense wealth secures his position as the fifth-richest man in the world.
Flutterwave, led by billionaire Gbenga Agboola, inks technology agreement with Bill Gates’ Microsoft
Flutterwave, under Agboola’s visionary leadership, has emerged as a prominent player in the African tech ecosystem.