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  "title": "The Gates Foundation pledges $1B+ over two years to expand global access to AI and use it to tackle social inequalities; Gates says \"we can harness AI for good\" (Claire Moses/New York Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/the-gates-foundation-pledges-1b-over-two-years-to-expand-global",
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        "title": "Gates Foundation pledges $1 billion to drive AI equality globally",
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        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Bill Gates compares AI to alien intelligence in movies where ‘magically the US and China’ solve the problem together — warns world governments that they’re not ready for AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/bill-gates-compares-ai-to-alien-intelligence-in-movies-where",
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