Bill Gates, the tech billionaire, is hopeful about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), but he has some important worries. Here are his main concerns: Potential for Misuse Gates is concerned that some people might use AI for bad things, like cybercrime, bioterrorism, and wars. Gates believes it’s important for good people to have AI…
Should billionaires exist? Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, whose current net worth Forbes estimates at nearly $139 billion, admits it’s “a strange thing to have people worth [billions],” he said in an episode of the new Netflix docuseries “What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates.” “It’s such a mind-blowing amount of money relative to personal…
Bill Gates cannot miss out on hotdogs when in New York. (Photo: Instagram/thisisbillgates) How do you share your travel stories on social media? Perhaps a check-in on Facebook or a glimpse of a historical landmark on your Instagram stories. Well, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates chooses food as a medium for telling the world which city…
Bill Gates has been the subject of several conspiracy theories — including that he forces people to eat bugs and that he’s part of a race of shapeshifting lizards — but his daughter Phoebe has had friendships end due to stories that have run rampant about her dad and Covid vaccines. “I’ve even had friends…
The Microsoft co-founder has long been one of the world’s wealthiest people. Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Imag Bernie Sanders, the famously anti-billionaire senator of Vermont, and Bill Gates, the world’s seventh wealthiest person with an estimated net worth of $138.5 billion, make an unlikely pairing—especially when it comes to debating income inequality. Despite their differences,…
Bill Gates helped launch a global health revolution at the turn of the 21st century, one in which multilateral humanitarian efforts arrested the AIDS crisis in Africa and began to make strides against longtime killers like tuberculosis and malaria. People in the Global South were living longer. A more equitable future appeared within our grasp….
Sep 17, 2024 09:58 AM IST Melinda French Gates discusses facing sexism during her philanthropic work with Bill Gates, noting assumptions about her expertise. Philanthropist Melinda French Gates shared how she faced sexism while working with her ex-husband and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Although the couple have been involved in philanthropy for 25 years, Melinda…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates leaves the “AI Insight Forum” in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Despite co-founding one of the most successful companies in the world, Bill Gates says he isn’t ready to stop working. The Microsoft co-founder said he hopes…
New York City is becoming a boomtown for the robot business as companies are developing and using them to provide massages, install roof shingles, automate medical testing and much more. “New York benefits from being a global city… we have access to global capital customers in other cities,” said Jacob Hennessy, who runs the New…
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has raised concerns about the potential for a major global war and the likelihood of another pandemic in the coming decades. The Microsoft founder shared his views in a conversation with CNBC Make It, highlighting the risks of current global tensions and the need for better pandemic preparedness. Gates pointed out…