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““Friends and colleagues often ask me how I stay optimistic in an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” Gates wrote. “My answer is this: I am still an optimist because I see what innovation accelerated by artificial intelligence will bring.” But, that optimism comes with a deadline, or as Gates puts it “there are footnotes to my optimism.””
— from Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune as of 10 January 2026