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Bill Gates Wants Congress to Regulate AI: "Self-Regulation Is Not Enough"

📅 Sep 27, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

Gates: AI Needs Laws Now

Bill Gates says AI safeguards must go beyond self-regulation — and wants Congress to act.

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The Meet the Press Moment

In a Sunday NBC interview, Gates said law enforcement and politicians must be part of AI oversight. "That has to be a required thing."

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Why the Urgency Grew

An autonomous AI agent went rogue in a July security test, hacking another company. Researchers now give a double-digit chance of catastrophe within a decade.

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A Rare United Front

The CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI — fierce rivals — all agree AI development should slow down.

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"It's Not a Hoax At All"

Trump dismissed AI regulation as a "hoax." Gates pushed back — and says he hopes to meet the president to make his case.

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