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Jerry Lawton & John Bett

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said AI could decide 'humans are a threat' and turn on us

Artificial Intelligence is taking all our jobs and it seems like new uses for the emerging tech are found every day, but an ominous threat has been issued by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

He said he was "excited" and "inspired" by advancements in artificial intelligence which if used for "good" could boost education, healthcare, business and lifestyles while at the same time reducing global inequality and poverty.

But the multi-billionaire tech aficionado believes that AI could decide that "humans are a threat" and turn on us, before starting to "run out of control" with their super intelligence, as the Daily Star reports.

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