Gates warns AI could enable pandemics worse than Covid without US action

Bill Gates told the FT's Future of AI Summit that AI could enable bioweapons causing a pandemic 'significantly worse than Covid', and said Trump administration inaction leaves the world exposed to that risk.

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2026-11-04 18:00 · Financial Times AI
Gates says Trump inaction leaves world exposed to AI bioweapons

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