Disquiet grows over AI's dangers: Gates sets tone for pivotal one-on-one with Xi as a race against time begins - The Economic Times

Disquiet grows over AI's dangers: Gates sets tone for pivotal one-on-one with Xi as a race against time begins - The Economic Times
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Disquiet grows over AI's dangers: Gates sets tone for pivotal one-on-one with Xi as a race against time begins
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Last Updated: Aug 26, 2026, 02:49:00 PM IST
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AI risks: A key proposal Bill Gates plans to raise is international monitoring of AI systems capable of designing molecules or assisting biological attacks. He believes such oversight could be structured without restricting legitimate technological development.
Gates wasn't too worried about AI till January. But he is now alarmed that it can "carry out attacks while supplanting jobs and hooking users psychologically".
The race for a safety net against the potential dangers of AI has assumed renewed urgency following a spate of recent cases where instances of AI models acting autonomously in unintended ways have alarmed one and all.
Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates
is pushing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year to discuss international safeguards against the growing risks associated with
artificial intelligence
, including its potential use in cyberattacks and biological threats.
Gates told Reuters that he wants China to consider curbs on the release of potentially dangerous A