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Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion to expand AI access, warns of deepening inequality

Bill Gates says AI must be steered to narrow, not widen, the gap between rich and poor as his foundation commits new funding.

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What to know

  • Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion over two years for AI-focused efforts in health, education, agriculture and local-language access.
  • About $100 million of that is earmarked specifically for building AI training datasets in underserved languages.
  • CEO Mark Suzman says the foundation will keep pressing the Trump administration and Congress on foreign aid despite recent US aid cuts.
  • The report arrives alongside a broader industry debate over AI safety, following an ex-Anthropic researcher's resignation over control concerns.

“How will we protect the people who are most vulnerable to the harms caused by artificial intelligence, including those who lose their livelihoods and the sense that they are in control of their future?”

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder · Philadelphia Inquirer (AP) ↗ · Sep 14

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Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion to expand AI access, warns of deepening inequality
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  1. background

    Report lands amid wider AI-safety debate over losing control of models — The report's release coincides with AI industry executives urging a slower pace of development and a revived debate, spurred by an ex-Anthropic researcher's resignation, over whether increasingly powerful AI models could escape human control.

  2. background

    Suzman says foundation will keep pressing US on foreign aid — Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman told the AP that despite US international aid cuts under the Trump administration, the foundation will continue urging Congress and the White House to lead on foreign assistance.

  3. background

    Foundation earmarks $100 million for local-language AI datasets — As part of the pledge, the foundation announced roughly $100 million to help build AI training data sets in languages spoken by underserved communities, since Suzman said AI must perform well beyond English and Mandarin to help accelerate progress.

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    “How will we use this technology to make the world a fairer place and keep it from widening the divide between rich and poor?”
    — Bill Gates

    1. 1 outlet first by Globe and Mail, 12d ago · read ↗

    • byteseu@pubeurope.com

      Gates Foundation launches $1B AI initiative https://www. byteseu.com/2367377/ # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

      byteseu@pubeurope.comMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  5. background

    Gates warns AI could be 'greatest equalizer' or 'worst injustice' — In a blog post last month, Bill Gates said AI will either become the greatest equalizer or the worst source of injustice, acknowledging it could also enable fraud, disinformation, surveillance, cyberattacks and bioterrorism.

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