EconomyAI expansion could boost annual global growth by 0.5 percentage points — IMF
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said properly managed AI development could eventually add up to 0.5 percentage points to annual global GDP growth. She said AI investment may match or exceed past infrastructure booms, with related hardware and technology products already making up more than one-tenth of world goods trade. The boom mainly benefits India, China, the US and Asian suppliers, while risking wider global inequality.
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AI expansion could boost annual global growth by 0.5 percentage points — IMF