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‘If I had a switch to slow down AI, I might use it’: Bill Gates on technology, giving, resilience

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Like any technology, Mr Bill Gates says, AI can be misused.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that like any technology, AI can be misused.

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SINGAPORE – If Mr Michael Bloomberg, founder of the eponymous financial information empire, says the wellspring of his vast philanthropy was a special look he spotted in the eyes of the great givers, then Mr Bill Gates can justifiably turn his orbs on full beam.

Once the world’s richest man, and perhaps the most famous name in technology, Mr Gates has just announced a significant acceleration of funding for the Gates Foundation as it marks its 25th anniversary.

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