Bill Gates calls for Congress to require AI safeguards and monitoring

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Sept. 27, that AI companies cannot be left to police themselves. The ask. He urged Congress and law enforcement to require safeguards and monitoring that would help detect misuse. He said a 'kill switch' (a way to shut an AI system off) is not enough on its own. He argued safeguards would add a little overhead for companies without dramatically slowing their work. The stakes. He warned that people with ill intent using the latest AI tools could drive events that kill a billion people. The politics. Gates said global cooperation on AI will be harder than Cold War nuclear talks. He predicted that he and others could reach agreement with Trump.