Bill Gates has warned that criminals using artificial intelligence without safeguards could trigger 'a lot of negative surprises' within the next year, with cyberattacks his chief immediate concern.
The Microsoft co-founder has described AI as 'the most dangerous technology humans ever invented'. He has raised concerns about technology enabling biological attacks since 2017 and examined malicious AI use in an August 2026 essay that addressed both medical advances and deliberately engineered disease.
