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Melinda Gates on AI regulation

From Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter · · My Legacy Podcast

“So what I would say with AI is why would we ever let it go that far? Come on. Like we see some of the not good things happening um around pornography and sex and the sexualizing of women with some of these AIs today. There are things we can do about that. there are regulations and policies that can be put in place right now. So we just there are some paths you do not have to go down in society. You just don't. So I would say there needs to be some absolutely more regulation around these things.”

Melinda Gates
Co-Chairman, Gates Foundation
Policy Impact AI regulationwomen's safetytechnology policy

On , Melinda Gates, Co-Chairman at Gates Foundation, spoke about AI regulation during Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter on My Legacy Podcast.

Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter
Watch on YouTube at 37:59
Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter
My Legacy Podcast
Watch on YouTube at 37:59
Melinda French Gates spent over two decades helping lead the world's largest private foundation, saving millions of lives across the globe. Now, with a $12.5 billion commitment and her own organization, Pivotal Ventures, she's bringing the fight home, championing women's health, women's power, and the rights that too many are losing too fast. In this powerful conversation with hosts Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Marc Kielburger, and Craig Kielburger, Melinda opens up about navigating life's biggest transitions, the lessons her parents gave her that she still lives by, and what it means to rebuild a life of purpose. Together, they explore how: Set your own agenda or someone else will A meaningful life is measured by love and service, not wealth Perfectionism quietly steals the joy from your own achievements When anxiety strikes, lean forward — not back AI is only as good as the diversity of the people building it Don't miss an episode. Subscribe now to catch new episodes every Tuesday. CHAPTERS ____________ 00:00 – Introduction: Meet Melinda French Gates 02:14 – The father who believed in her before she believed in herself 05:10 – Set your own agenda — or someone else will 06:34 – Recovering from perfectionism 09:57 – Connecting to women’s health 12:09 – Bringing the fight for women home 14:55 – What reproductive rights really look like on the ground 16:41 – Funding women in politics 19:59 – Teaching the next generation the value of service 26:16 – The loneliness crisis and what young people need most 29:31 – Small acts of service 31:55 – What Martin learned from his mother, Coretta 35:27 – AI, women, and who gets left behind 40:12 – The Moments that Make Us … and stayed with her 41:43 – What fulfillment looks like for Melinda ____________
Melinda Gates

About Melinda Gates

Co-Chairman · Gates Foundation

Melinda French Gates announced a $215 million increase in her women’s health funding, bringing her total commitment to $600 million, with a focus on reproductive health, menopause, and mental health. She stated that women’s health has been “ignored and underfunded for far too long” and expressed concern about the rollback of reproductive rights in the United States, saying she never thought the country would “roll back a law that was on the books for US women.” She also said she has not directly spoken with HHS Secretary RFK Jr. about vaccine misinformation, but that the foundation has “engaged in that discussion and it has not gone well.” French Gates became a minority owner of One Roof Sports & Entertainment, the parent organization of the Seattle Kraken, and discussed the role of sports in community building and youth development. She said she has voted for candidates from both major parties and described herself as a centrist. She also spoke about her philanthropic approach, stating that 70% of Pivotal Ventures’ funding is focused on women’s power in the United States, and argued that “having the richest country in the world...but not having women all the way to the places they ought to be able to go in society does not make any sense.”

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