Bill Gates Discusses Working With Trump On Global Health, Vaccines At Tech CEO Dinner

Bill Gates spoke at last night's White House dinner for tech CEOs.

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00:00And so I deeply appreciate you, your leadership there as well. Thank you.

00:03Really, and a really amazing job you've done.

00:06Bill, would you like to say a few words?

00:08Sure.

00:09Well, I'm in the second phase of my career, giving away all the wonderful money that Satya's

00:18good work has helped multiply a lot.

00:23But I think the thing that ties my first career that I still spend some time on, because AI

00:29is so phenomenal.

00:31And my second career is innovation and innovating in health in areas like vaccines or gene editing.

00:41And the president and I are talking about taking American innovation to the next level

00:46to cure and even eradicate some of these diseases.

00:50He mentioned polio, which is one that we're close.

00:53We don't need new science on that one.

00:56For some like HIV and sickle cell, we do need new science.

01:01But the U.S. has the seeds that in the same way that Warp Speed took those seeds and put

01:07them together, I think something fantastic can be done.

01:11AI, for our foundation, is that we want a doctor for everyone in Africa through AI.

01:20We want farmers to have incredible advice and kids to have a chance to learn.

01:25So the work being done by the people at this table is changing the world.

01:31It's, you know, coming fast.

01:32So it's great.

01:33You know, we all get together and talk about how the U.S. can lead in this key area and apply

01:39it even to the poorest outside the U.S. as well as to our great citizens.

01:45So thank you for incredible leadership, including getting this group together.

01:50Thank you, Bill.

01:51That was very nice.