Bill Gates on the AI Global Race: Four Top Models Each from China and the U.S., China’s Humanoid Robot Event ‘Very Impressive’

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Bill Gates, in AI + crypto news, noted that China and the U.S. each have four leading AI models in a global race, with minimal performance differences. He praised China’s humanoid robot event as “very impressive” and emphasized the importance of open-source models and digital assistance. Gates also highlighted AI’s challenges, including carbon emissions and job displacement. Top altcoin news continues to underscore AI’s expanding role in technological and economic shifts.
Gates believes that the U.S. and China's large models are entrenched in a "race to catch up" super-competition, and advocates for open-source initiatives and "digital aid" to enable low-income countries to share in the technological benefits; at the same time, he acknowledges the costs of AI in terms of carbon emissions and employment, and calls for cutting-edge technologies to be practical, affordable, and accessible to all.

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Bill Gates announced that the foundation will invest $1 billion over the next two years to advance artificial intelligence, ensuring that cutting-edge technology serves not just the wealthy but also transforms the lives of people in the poorest regions. He also shared his views on global large model landscapes, carbon emissions from computing power, and Chinese humanoid robots.

Super Competition and "Open Source for All": Making AI Affordable for Poor Countries

When discussing the global competition among large models, Gates noted that, depending on the metrics used, both China and the United States currently have four or more institutions whose models remain among the world’s most advanced, with the highest-scoring model showing only a narrow margin over the other seven leading models. He believes that the top eight large models globally have all surpassed the best performance levels from four months ago, and that the U.S. and China are engaged in a "super competition" for talent and computing power—a rivalry that provides low-income countries with high-performing, cost-effective alternatives.

Regarding the value of open-source technology, Gates emphasized that the open-source model offers great flexibility, allowing low-income countries such as those in Africa to concentrate their limited resources on areas that truly require localization. Currently, African countries can even directly leverage servers from Chinese partners to run applications remotely, with latency fully acceptable. He called on technologically advanced nations to each dedicate 5% of their data center computing power to "digital aid," providing it free of charge to impoverished countries for use in healthcare, agriculture, and education. However, he also acknowledged that the massive memory demands of AI data centers have inadvertently increased smartphone prices in low-income countries, making it difficult for high-quality AI applications to become widespread on feature phones.

Costs and Benefits: Carbon Emissions, Employment, and Human-Robot Division of Labor in Humanoid Robots

When discussing carbon emissions controversies, Gates acknowledged that some data centers in the U.S. powered by natural gas have indeed increased carbon emissions, contributing a 3% to 4% rise—an unfortunate development. However, he believes that in the long term, AI’s benefits to the global climate outweigh its drawbacks: most newly built data centers now employ closed-loop water cooling systems, and AI is actively supporting the energy revolution—for instance, his company TerraPower is using AI models to reduce the cost of nuclear fission plant construction. He also expressed admiration for China’s achievement in renewable energy transition, where solar photovoltaic capacity has for the first time surpassed coal-fired power generation.

Regarding the impact of AI on the job market, Gates bluntly stated that before AI and robots become powerful enough to allow humans to reduce working hours or retire early, we will experience about 20 years of turbulent transition. He previously suggested reserving jobs requiring human warmth exclusively for people and imposing a Token tax on tech companies to subsidize ordinary citizens. During the conversation, Gates also expressed keen interest in the recent "Humanoid Robot Olympics" held in China, exclaiming, "It’s fascinating and extremely well-organized—just the event itself is incredible." He noted that Chinese people show greater interest in humanoid robots, and if robots can one day replace humans in construction and manufacturing at a sufficiently low cost, it would be a positive development for productivity—but society must also properly care for and support the manual laborers affected by this shift.



Shutdown in 2045: The Foundation's "Endgame" and Mission

Finally, Gates reaffirmed the foundation’s goal to exhaust all its assets and officially shut down by 2045, calling on governments and the tech industry worldwide to join with a sense of purpose, ensuring that cutting-edge technologies become truly practical, affordable, and accessible, so that no one is left behind in this technological transformation.

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