Bill Gates warns artificial intelligence 'powerful enough' to cause 'a billion deaths' if unchecked

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could cause "a billion deaths" if left unchecked in the latest push to regulate AI on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

During his interview, Gates, who previously warned that AI could be the "greatest equalizer" or "worst source of injustice" without some level of human regulation, stopped short of answering whether the technology could "end all of humanity" but argued that it could drive events that would lead to significant deaths...