Bill Gates says it's 'completely irresponsible' for AI to not have safeguards
News AI Bill Gates says it's 'completely irresponsible' for AI to not have safeguards The Microsoft co-founder said that the more present danger is bad actors with access to AI tools. 27, 2026 3:12 pm EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover After several CEOs of leading AI companies have agreed on slowing down the pace of AI development, Bill Gates has offered supporting sentiments and called for more regulation and safeguards. In an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, the Microsoft co-founder said that "it's completely irresponsible not to require every AI to have these safeguards and monitoring capabilities." To that end, Anthropic recently tapped Accenture to act as a third-party evaluator for its latest AI models.
- ▪News AI Bill Gates says it's 'completely irresponsible' for AI to not have safeguards The Microsoft co-founder said that the more present danger is bad actors with access to AI tools.
- ▪27, 2026 3:12 pm EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover After several CEOs of leading AI companies have agreed on slowing down the pace of AI development, Bill Gates has offered supporting
- ▪In an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, the Microsoft co-founder said that "it's completely irresponsible not to require every AI to have these safeguards and monitoring capabilities." To that end, Anthropic recently tapped Accenture
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News AI Bill Gates says it's 'completely irresponsible' for AI to not have safeguards The Microsoft co-founder said that the more present danger is bad actors with access to AI tools. By Jackson Chen Sept. 27, 2026 3:12 pm EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover After several CEOs of leading AI companies have agreed on slowing down the pace of AI development, Bill Gates has offered supporting sentiments and called for more regulation and safeguards.
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