AI expansion could boost annual global growth by 0.5 percentage points — IMF

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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said expanding AI investment could raise annual global economic growth by 0.5 percentage points. She compared the scale of expected AI investment with historic infrastructure buildouts such as railways, electricity grids, and telecommunications networks.

Global investment-to-GDP in AI will reach and likely exceed the amounts that went into building the railroads, the electricity grid, or the telecommunication network, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva pointed out