Bill Gates said the risk of AI 'getting out of control' remained years away and emphasised that the immediate concern was 'bad people' using existing systems without safeguards. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: Bill Gates on Sunday warned that unregulated artificial intelligence poses a growing threat and predicted an escalation in AI-powered cyberattacks in the coming year.
The Microsoft co-founder said the risk of AI "getting out of control" remained years away and emphasised that the immediate concern was "bad people" using existing systems without safeguards.
"The front that we'll probably see most dramatically in the next year is cyberattacks," Gates said in an interview with ABC News.
"The real danger right now is not the AI's getting out of control. We need to work on that, but that's years away in terms of the big impact that might have," he said.
