{
  "id": 7480496,
  "title": "Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality as foundation pledges $1B to expand access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/gates-foundation-warns-ai-could-widen-inequality-as-foundation-7480496",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:48:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/gates-foundation-warns-ai-could-widen-inequality-as-foundation-pledges-1b-to-expand-access/articleshow/134252225.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) must be used to combat social inequities rather than exacerbate them. His foundation has pledged $1 billion over the next two years to expand access to AI technology and ensure it benefits marginalized communities. The donation will be used to train AI models on local languages, improve health outcomes, upgrade educational tools, and inform small farmers' practices worldwide. Despite recent U.S. international aid cuts, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman remains committed to advocating for U.S. leadership in foreign assistance. The foundation's annual Goalkeepers report emphasizes the need for AI to perform well in all local languages, not just English and Mandarin, to help accelerate progress. The foundation has allocated $100 million to create data sets in the languages spoken by underserved communities and $400 million for education, healthcare, and agriculture. While Gates acknowledges the potential for AI to be misused, he emphasizes its transformative potential for a world facing crises.",
  "summary": "And despite the United States' international aid cuts, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman said he would continue pressing Congress and President Donald Trump's administration to lead the way on foreign assistance.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/gates-foundation-praises-uaes-ai-approach-and-agricultural-tech",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality as foundation pledges $1B to expand access",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/gates-foundation-warns-ai-could-widen-inequality-as-foundation",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:04:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times",
        "title": "Gates Foundation to spend $1.27 billion to expand AI access to poor, remote communities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/gates-foundation-to-spend-1-27-billion-to-expand-ai-access-to-poor",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:15:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}