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Bill Gates: International governments are 'way behind' on AI, must work together to avoid issues

Gates said he has been talking to world leaders about his concerns, including President Donald Trump and his team in the US, and said he aims to meet China’s President Xi Jinping later this year.

Bill Gates speaks during the Gates Foundation's first global Goalkeepers event in the Nordics, which is being held in Stockholm, Sweden, January 22, 2026.
A view shows the Microsoft logo on the day of the Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs with this year's partner country being Canada, as both Canada and the European Union face new US tariffs, in Hanover, Germany, March 31, 2025.

Microsoft Store returns to Syria as US restrictions on country ease

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026.

Bill Gates plans to press Xi Jinping on global AI safety and restrictions

Founder of Moonshot AI Yang Zhilin delivers a speech at a conference of 2026 Zhongguancun forum, in Beijing, China March 25, 2026.

China's Moonshot AI negotiates Microsoft, Amazon, Google over Kimi K3 revenue sharing - report


'You're a war profiteer': Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Microsoft anniversary event

An anti-Israel protester called Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman a "war criminal" and "conspirator" for what she perceived as the company's perceived aid to Israel.

A protestor confronts Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during an event highlighting Microsoft Copilot agents, the company's AI tool, on April 4, 2025 in Redmond, Washington.

'Genocide is not a game:' BDS calls on gamers to boycott Xbox, Microsoft

BDS said that by boycotting Microsoft and Xbox, it was pressuring Microsoft to "end its complicity in Israel's genocide, occupation, and apartheid."

 An illustrative image of pro-Palestinian protesters in front of Microsoft.

Bill Gates envisions a two-day workweek as AI reshapes the workforce

Gates believes AI-powered tools will provide medical diagnoses, mental health support, and personalized learning experiences, making essential services more accessible.

 Bill Gates envisions a two-day workweek as AI reshapes the workforce.

Microsoft AI executive to 'Post': Women shouldn’t have to adapt to fit into a mold

“There’s real power in visibility,” Davidson explained. “When girls see women succeeding in high-tech, they start to imagine themselves there too.”

 Microsoft AI executive Merav Davidson speaks at the Jerusalem Post Women Leaders conference.

Why is Google paying so much for Wiz?

Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition raises questions on strategy, AI competition, and cloud dominance as investors react skeptically to the record deal.

 Wiz and Google company logos seen on the smartphone and laptop screens.

More effective interactions: Collaboration between the Israeli AI company and Microsoft

D-ID is collaborating with Microsoft to provide AI-based avatars that will revolutionize communication, customer interactions, and accessibility.

 D-ID

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

Yitzhak Kesselman

Revolutionary app shutting down after two decades – here’s the date

The video call app that changed communication is shutting down after 20 years. Microsoft will let users switch to Teams for free, deciding to stop maintaining two similar services.

 Skype revolutionized digital communication

Microsoft announces a tiny processor that will change the world

The company unveiled Majorana 1 – an advanced processor capable of performing complex calculations at incredible speed.

 Majorana 1

Microsoft employees protest company giving tech to IDF

The protest was due to Microsoft providing the IDF with sophisticated AI models and its Azure cloud computing platforms.

 Microsoft employees protest AI contracts with the IDF, on 24 February 2025.