Bill Gates on AI: "We Need a Plan to Ensure the Positive Side Outweighs the Negative"
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Bill Gates on AI: "We Need a Plan to Ensure the Positive Side Outweighs the Negative"

SAPO Notícias28 August 2026 at 18:46

In his newsletter, Bill Gates argues that we are entering a profoundly transformative era of artificial intelligence (AI), but that the world is not yet prepared to deal with its impacts.

Bill Gates states that we need a plan to ensure that the positive side of AI outweighs the negative.

The billionaire expresses concern about society's ability to manage the consequences of this technology.

Bill Gates uses his newsletter as a platform to share these concerns and call for more careful preparation for the future of AI.

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