Monday, October 12, 2026 - Bill Gates has warned that unregulated artificial intelligence poses a growing threat and predicted an escalation in AI-powered cyberattacks in the coming year.
During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, the Microsoft
cofounder called A.I. "the most dangerous technology humans ever
invented" and argued society needs to step in before things get out of
hand.
"The front that we'll probably see most dramatically in
the next year is cyberattacks," Gates said
"The real danger right now is not the AI's getting out
of control. We need to work on that, but that's years away in terms of the big
impact that might have," he said.
"It's really bad people using AI, particularly in AI
where you can take out all the safeguards," he said, adding that increased
restrictions were needed to prevent bad actors using AI for bioterrorism and
cyberattacks.
"But right now, you're allowed to take all those
safeguards out. So when you have bad people, no safeguards, and then the latest
models, that's where, over the next year, primarily in the cyber area, we are
going to have a lot of negative surprises," he told CNN.
Gates, who warned in a lengthy August post that the world
was dangerously unprepared for the upheaval brought by AI, especially to
employment is the latest tech magnate to sound the alarm on the threats
posed by the new technology.In his interview Sunday, he dismissed the idea
advocated by US President Donald Trump that self-regulation by AI companies was
sufficient to
keep the world safe.
"The idea that for the most dangerous technology humans
ever invented, that that's the final word, that just the companies themselves
are the only check that society has...it's clear we're not doing enough,"
Gates added.
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