Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, published a 6,000-word essay this week titled 'The Turbulent AI Era Is Here. The Choices We Make Now Are Critical' and appeared on Radio Atlantic to discuss AI risks and governance. He last met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2023 as the first foreign business executive to do so after the Covid-19 pandemic. Analyses of his positions on U.S.-China AI cooperation differ across ideological lines.