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"I believe that, within the next decade, we will not only get the world back on track but enter a new era of unprecedented progress," Gates wrote in his annual letter.
Bill Gates has given billions of dollars to global efforts like strengthening healthcare and protecting the climate. But as those areas suffered dramatic funding cuts that impacted people to a “devastating effect last year,” he said 2025 has tested his trademark optimism.
Bill Gates says there’s “no upper limit” on how intelligent AI systems will become, and warns the world needs to prepare now for the disruptions ahead.
In his annual lookahead letter, the billionaire and philanthropist warns that markets alone can't save the planet.
Gates was keen to highlight that society needs to do more to ready itself for an AI era, and that work so far hasn’t been adequate. There are two key issues arising because of the technology, he believes, the first being artificial intelligence being used by bad actors, and the second being disruption to the jobs market.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have shared a strong friendship bond over the years. The two are reported to have hit off at their very first meeting at .
We're going to have a lot of anniversaries to celebrate over the next 12 months as the original Xbox approaches its 25th birthday, and one of those is the famous unveiling of the console by Bill Gates and Dwayne Johnson at CES 2001.
In his 2026 annual letter, Gates wrote that while he remains upbeat about the future, his optimism now comes with footnotes. He questioned whether generosity would grow in line with an increasingly wealthy global population, and whether innovation will be scaled in way which improves equality.
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