Bill Gates warns that AI is the most dangerous invention, with cybersecurity risks expected to rise in the coming year.

ChainCatcher reports: On the 11th, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stated in a television interview that AI is the most dangerous technology ever invented by humans, posing greater risks than automobiles, airplanes, or pharmaceuticals. He noted that the real threat today is not AI going out of control—a scenario still years away from reality—but rather criminals using AI to commit crimes such as ransomware attacks and market manipulation. Gates warned that as criminals find ways to bypass the latest AI models' security measures, the coming year will see a surge in negative incidents, primarily in cybersecurity. He also raised concerns about biosecurity, acknowledging AI’s significant potential in fields like healthcare, but emphasized that its potential risks still exceed those of traditional industries under strict regulation. Currently, no effective global regulatory framework exists, and industry governance will have to move beyond self-regulation within the next year—yet current resource investments remain far insufficient. According to Caixin, UK intelligence agency MI5 Director Ken McCallum, in his annual threat assessment, stated that AI is intensifying the cyber offense-defense dynamic and could alter the landscape of biological weapon risks; MI5 has announced the establishment of an AI Threat Assessment Center. Additional reports indicate that executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have recently conducted private simulations of disaster scenarios, concluding that the most likely events involve cyberattacks targeting financial services, internet connectivity, or essential utilities such as water and power.