Bill Gates Warns AI Could ‘Cause a Billion Deaths’ in National Television Address

Bill Gates is taking his artificial intelligence warnings to national television, predicting a future where the technology could wipe out humanity. During a "Meet the Press" interview airing Sunday, Gates explicitly states that AI is powerful enough to drive catastrophic global events. The televised warning follows an August memo in which Gates classified AI as a technology more consequential than virtually any other in history. He is now pushing for immediate collaboration between political parties to prevent the technology from spiraling out of control. "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths." — Bill Gates