Despite massive investments in AI development by companies like Microsoft, Google, and Elon Musk’s xAI, Gates believes that no single company will dominate the AI agents business. He suggests that the future AI agents will likely be a paid service, but competition will make them very inexpensive. He also predicts that these agents will be able to assist users in virtually any activity and any area of life.
Key takeaways:
- Bill Gates predicts that AI-powered 'agents' will replace multiple apps on our devices, allowing users to simply tell their device what they want to do in everyday language.
- These AI agents will be capable of carrying out tasks across different apps and will continuously improve over time as they get to know their users.
- Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and Elon Musk’s xAI are among the companies investing heavily in the development of artificial intelligence, but Gates believes no single company will dominate the AI agents business.
- Internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Google DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman also predict that everyone will have their own AI-powered personal assistant in the near future.