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American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person in their The World's Billionaires list for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007.
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The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist said AI is capable of helping bad actors harm billions of people.
Bill Gates urges U.S. AI regulation over self-policing, raising stakes for tech firms and AI safety.
We are hearing more from tech leaders on AI regulation. Bill Gates spoke with U.S. media today. He says AI companies self-regulating isn’t enough and governments should be involved in monitoring. The CBC's Jamie Strashin has the story.