{"id":"e7d57e4a-e7b6-4a94-adfc-e3fdef322f4d","url":"https://www.axios.com/2026/09/25/bill-gates-ai-deaths-doom","domain":"axios.com","outlet":{"name":"Axios","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Bill Gates warns AI is powerful enough to cause \"a billion deaths\"","plainHeadline":"Bill Gates says AI could cause a billion deaths.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Gates warns on Meet the Press that AI could wipe out humanity.","He frames AI as powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths.","Gates cites weaponization of AI by ill-intended people as a risk.","He previously described AI as potentially the greatest equalizer or source of injustice.","Gates calls for government collaboration to prevent AI from spiraling out of control."],"topics":["Politics","AI"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T12:52:48.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T13:00:26.626Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/4e1799cb-331c-4ae4-9351-760e4bb27ccc","storyId":"4e1799cb-331c-4ae4-9351-760e4bb27ccc","image":"https://images.axios.com/Z_7bZbAztx_ymd5EJsgvDNH7XUY=/0x166:4000x2416/1366x768/2026/09/25/1790340610418.jpeg","author":"Herb Scribner","dek":"Bill Gates will warn on this weekend's \"Meet the Press\" that he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity . Why it matters: Gates , one of technology's leading optimists, has increasingly sounded the alarm on AI dangers."}