{
  "id": 13895347,
  "title": "Bill Gates has a message for Sam Altman, who says some AI fears sound like bad sci-fi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/bill-gates-has-a-message-for-sam-altman-who-says-some-ai-fears-sound",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-12T04:46:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/bill-gates-to-openai-ceo-sam-altman-who-says-ai-fears-sound-like-bad-science-fiction-all-responsible-ai-leaders-including-you-are-telling-the-world-/articleshow/134882705.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has responded to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's recent warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence getting out of control. In an interview with Jake Tapper, Gates reiterated that AI is more dangerous than cars, planes, or medicines, all of which are heavily regulated. He argued that the key is to find a middle ground on AI regulation, rather than adopting an extreme stance of either no safeguards or complete prohibition. Gates cited the balance achieved for planes, cars, and drugs as evidence that a workable middle ground can be found with AI as well. He blamed the swings between these two extremes in government policy as part of the reason why we lack sophistication in managing AI risks at present. Gates emphasized that while safeguards won't eliminate every potential harm, they can help prevent misuse by bad actors.",
  "summary": "Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has responded to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's warning against AI \"doomerism\", saying all responsible AI leaders, including Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei, are telling the world the technology is very concerning. Gates said AI is more dangerous than cars, planes or medicines, and called for safeguards and a workable middle ground on AI regulation, somewhere between…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}