Bill Gates has warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could bring major disruption, including job losses and the potential creation of biological weapons. He argued that technology leaders are not being sufficiently open about these risks, while also acknowledging that AI could reduce inequality if managed well.

The article centres on a Daily Mail reader poll asking whether AI threatens humanity, rather than reporting the results of that poll. It also notes the previous day’s poll, in which more than 2,600 respondents voted on taxing older people more: 96 per cent opposed it and 4 per cent supported it.