Bill Gates Warns AI Will Be Built for the Richest Without Rules

Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence (AI) will be built for the world's richest unless governments step in. His foundation pledged at least $1 billion over two years to widen access.

The Microsoft co-founder said market forces alone will aim the best tools at whoever can pay for them. He set out the case in the Gates Foundation's annual Goalkeepers Report on Tuesday.

What Gates Wants Governments to Change About AI

Gates argued that the people with the greatest needs hold the least power over where investment goes. He said AI repeats that pattern at far higher speed.

The report makes three demands. AI tools should work in every language people speak. More than 90% of the data behind early models came from English sources.

Countries should also control how their own data is handled. Doctors, farmers and teachers should be able to test the tools and adapt them, rather than only use what arrives.

The money runs over two years. Education and health take 40% each. Agriculture takes 10%, and the final 10% pays for data and infrastructure.

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