Gates Foundation bets $1B on AI to boost global health, agriculture and education

“AI could be a great equalizer — or widen the gap,” Bill Gates writes in a new Gates Foundation report. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The Gates Foundation is pledging to spend at least $1 billion over the next two years on artificial intelligence for health workers, farmers and teachers, largely in the world’s poorest countries, funding AI tools for people the market would otherwise overlook. The bet is that AI can help reaccelerate the world’s progress against child mortality, poverty and