Bill Gates speaks onstage at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum 2025 at The Plaza Hotel on September 24, 2025 in New York City.

Bill Gates says AI could be used as a bioterrorism weapon akin to the COVID pandemic if it falls into the wrong hands

“We’ll need to be deliberate about how this technology is developed, governed, and deployed,” Gates wrote.

January 9, 2026

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