Artificial Intelligence
Why investors need a clearer view of the risks of AI, not just the opportunities, to tackle inequalities
- Capturing the opportunity of artificial intelligence (AI) is both a societal question and a technological one for governments and businesses.
- How they manage its effects on people will determine whether AI strengthens or undermines economic resilience and public trust in the technology.
- Decision-makers at all levels need clearer and more detailed information on AI’s opportunities and risks to help make better-informed decisions.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a pervasive impact on the global economy, shaping the way businesses operate and the nature of work. For companies and investors alike, the opportunity is substantial: higher productivity, faster innovation and new sources of growth, and technology that can augment the capabilities of workers and enable entrepreneurship – enlarging the economic pie for the benefit of all.
SEPTEMBER 09, 2026 – WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Capturing that opportunity, however, is not only a technological question. It is also a societal one, hinging on how well governments and businesses manage AI’s effects on workers, consumers and communities.
With around 40% of global employment exposed to AI-related automation and transformation of tasks and skills demands, getting this right will determine whether AI strengthens economic resilience and public trust in the technology, or undermines them.
