Bill Gates warns AI development risks favoring the wealthy without regulation

Bill Gates warned that AI will be built primarily for the wealthy unless governments intervene. The Gates Foundation has pledged at least $1 billion over two years to improve access, with funding allocated to education, health, agriculture, and infrastructure. Gates urged governments to ensure AI tools are multilingual, allow for local data control, and enable testing by professionals. Meanwhile, the industry faces internal debate over safety, highlighted by the recent resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who warned against the rapid pursuit of self-improving superintelligence.