Bill Gates says calls to pause AI won't 'solve challenges'

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft founder Bill Gates waits in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington., U.S., March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Calls to pause the development of artificial intelligence will not “solve the challenges” ahead, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told Reuters, his first public comments since an open letter sparked a debate about the future of the technology.

The technologist-turned-philanthropist said it would be better to focus on how best to use the developments in AI, as it was hard to understand how a pause could work globally.