Washington, 12 October 2026 – Businesses face a more immediate artificial-intelligence threat from people using today’s models for cyberattacks than from autonomous systems escaping human control, according to a warning from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. His assessment places operational security, safeguards and corporate governance ahead of more distant scenarios in the near-term risk agenda.
Gates said cyberattacks were likely to be the most visible front over the coming year. He argued that malicious users can remove or bypass safeguards and apply increasingly capable models to harmful tasks. He also called for stronger restrictions, rejecting the idea that technology companies should be the only institutions deciding whether their protections are sufficient.
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