Bill Gates warns of AI’s impact, urges the US and China to cooperate

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Bill Gates emphasizes the critical need for cooperation between the US and China to manage AI's profound societal impact, labeling this era as one of human history’s most turbulent. He warns that AI could become either a powerful equalizer or a source of injustice depending on collaborative governance efforts.

Cooperation between the United States and China is required to manage the unprecedented societal impacts of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Bill Gates wrote in a new essay published on Wednesday. The call to action comes as the billionaire philanthropist and tech titan warns that AI is ushering in “one of the most turbulent times in human history”, which could either become “the greatest equaliser ever invented, or the worst source of injustice”. “[The] countries that...