The nation’s biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S. Senate. But there is little consensus on what regulation would look like, and the political path for legislation is difficult.
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The best of times, the worst of times and AI: Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center released a report in partnership with the Pew Research Center entitled, “As AI Spreads, Experts Predict the Best and Worst Changes in Digital Life By 2035.” Let’s take a look.
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Across the board, Gates believes there are solutions, whether from the use of AI to help mitigate its risks (for example in identifying deepfakes) or through collaboration and oversight.
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Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after a visit to Beijing by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Apple CEO Tim Cook also recently visited.
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Those digital asset trends are “100% based on greater fool theory,” the Microsoft co-founder said earlier this week at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people are willing to bid them higher.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. Here’s what we know.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear energy project with TerraPower, a company started by Bill Gates.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four members to its board of trustees, a first for the Seattle-based philanthropic giant whose decision making has been guided by very few hands since its incorporation in 2000.
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In a series of tweets, Bill Gates says he plans to cancel most of his holiday plans and warned that that the United States “could be entering the worst part of the pandemic.”
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