The IMF estimates AI could increase global growth by 0.5 percentage point, though it is widening economic inequality by primarily benefiting the US, China, India, Taiwan and South Korea. Georgieva added that AI spending as a share of GDP may eventually outpace historical buildouts of railways, electricity grids and telecoms, even as global public debt surpasses 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II.
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IMF Head Warns AI Bubble Burst Threatens Financial Stability
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Weak returns on artificial intelligence investments could trigger a far reaching shock to the global economy, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned. She stated that an AI bubble burst may create financial stability risks, exacerbated by leverage from hyperscalers, and noted that frontier models of the technology risk escaping human control and running amok.
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