Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates: ChatGPT ‘will change our world’

BERLIN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes ChatGPT, a chatbot that gives strikingly human-like responses to user queries, is as significant as the invention of the internet,…

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‘Challenge’ to maintain world’s focus on global health after COVID-19: Bill Gates

Asking the world to prioritise saving lives in the world's poorest countries is increasingly challenging in a world still rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of climate change, rising…

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Bill Gates and EU pledge $1 billion boost for green technology

The European Union and an energy investment programme founded by Bill Gates plan to raise up to $1 billion to roll out the low-carbon technologies Europe is betting on to…

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Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates explore changes to charitable foundation – WSJ

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are discussing changes to the structure of their foundation to add more governance and independence, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with…

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Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce, but charitable foundation to remain intact

SEATTLE, May 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world's largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of…

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Bill Gates warns that manufacturing could challenge climate goals

Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that, he is worried. There is currently no way to…

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‘Crazy and evil’: Bill Gates surprised by pandemic conspiracies

LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates says he has been taken aback by the volume of "crazy" and "evil" conspiracy theories about him spreading on social media…

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Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the "highest bidder," saying…

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$2.9 bln donation from Warren Buffett to Gates Foundation, family charities

Warren Buffett has donated roughly $2.9 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to four family charities and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the latest but not largest contribution in…

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AstraZeneca boosts potential supply to 2 billion in two deals involving Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has doubled manufacturing capacity for its potential coronavirus vaccine to 2 billion doses in two deals involving Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates that guarantee early supply to lower income countries.…

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TikTok, Bill Gates pledge $20 million to help Africa tackle COVID-19

The social media platform TikTok and the philanthropic Gates Foundation donated $10 million each on Wednesday to the vaccine alliance GAVI to help fund efforts to tackle the COVID-19…

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Bill Gates determined to do all he can in fight against coronavirus

Bill Gates, the Microsoft tycoon, has said the global coronavirus pandemic is his “worst nightmare”, and said he will fund the manufacture of several vaccines even prior to their being…

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ups pandemic funds to $250 million

Announcing an extra $150 million of funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help speed the development of treatments, vaccines and public health measures to tackle the new…

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Bill Gates condemns Donald Trump for stopping US payments to WHO

Bill Gates has said Donald Trump's decision to stop US funding of the World Health Organisation "during a world health crisis" is as "dangerous as it sounds". The Microsoft founder…

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Bill Gates urges rich countries to fund coronavirus vaccine search

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has urged rich countries to put “a few per cent” of their gross domestic product towards finding and distributing a Covid-19 vaccine, highlighting a potentially huge…

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Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education…

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