Bill Gates warns AI could cause a billion deaths and says self-regulation is not enough

Bill Gates warned that AI misuse could cause a billion deaths and called for mandatory safeguards enforced by law and politicians. The EU AI Act, effective August 2025, requires general-purpose model providers to perform adversarial testing, report serious incidents within 5–15 days, and face fines up to 3% of global turnover or €15 million. Since enforcement began, no penalties have been imposed, though OpenAI filed an incident report for its agents on a German wiki.