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Bill Gates predicts AI will kill a billion people – but saying he’s been wrong before is quite the understatement | Arwa Mahdawi.

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Bill Gates predicted AI will kill a billion people, and the column argues his past misjudgments make his predictions unreliable.

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“He knows a thing or two about tech, but what to make of the views of a man who met Jeffrey Epstein 30 times and couldn’t see what a monster he was? The Bill Gates rehabilitation tour is in full swing.”
Guardian AI, 30 Sept 2026, 10:00.

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