It was also the year thatartificial intelligencewent mainstream, spurred by thearrival of ChatGPT.
Gen AIgoes a step furtherthan other AI methods.
More than100 million peopleuse ChatGPT each week, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in November.
Microsoft is a significant investor in OpenAI.
Other companies aren’t ceding territory to Microsoft.
But even as Gen AI explodes in popularity, many users are still cautious.
In addition to concerns that AI could replace human employees, many worry about it putting forth inaccurate information.
Gates thinks mainstream integration of AI is coming soon.
But he also sees 2024 as a turning point.
High-risk pregnancy help:A woman dies in childbirth every two minutes, Gates says.
The chatbot acts as a nonjudgmental counselor that can provide round-the-clock advice, especially for vulnerable populations.
He’s excited about how the technology can be localized to students in many different countries and cultural contexts.
Not everything on Gates' mind is AI-related.
And he even plunges into the debate over nuclear energy.
Although Gates left Microsoft’s’s boardin 2020, he’s still an adviser to its CEO Satya Nadella.
And it’s been adding the technology across its online services, including its Bing search engine.
Gates sees the same kind of sea change coming with AI.
But he admits that it won’t be smooth, giving an example from his own life.
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