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Bill Gates
\n A.I. Could Cause 1 Billion Deaths<\/p>\n

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\n September 27, 2026
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\n September 27, 2026
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Bill Gates<\/a> is not holding back in his bleak prediction about the future of A.I. … and is claiming that the technology has the capability to eventually kill a billion people.<\/p>\n

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During Sunday’s episode of “Meet the Press” … he told host Kristen Welker that if its powers are abused and unchecked, A.I. could perform dangerous actions that result in a death toll in the 10 figures.<\/p>\n

He admitted … “A.I. is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths. So even though it\u2019s pretty hard to get to 100%, there\u2019s never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest A.I. tools.”<\/p>\n

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He added … “I wish it was easier to distinguish good intent, like I want to design a new drug for a disease, versus negative intent, which is I want to design a tool of bioterrorism.”<\/p>\n

Bill’s comments — which include a plea for lawmakers to regulate the new technology — come amid a flurry of concern about the future of A.I. in the past month.<\/p>\n

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This conversation comes weeks after A.I. whistleblower Jacob Coxon<\/a> came forward warning<\/a> there was a 10% chance of an A.I.-caused apocalypse … shortly before OpenAI revealed several alarming instances<\/a> of the technology’s hacking capabilities — and Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> introduced a bill<\/a> to ban<\/a> of all artificial superintelligence.<\/p>\n

Even Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0— who calls the worries surrounding A.I. a “hoax” — has said he wants to create<\/a> an A.I. Force.<\/p>\n