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Can AI lift the global economy? 4 leaders discuss

AI has the potential to cut trade costs, increase productivity, make advances in healthcare, and enable scientists to go further faster. But for these benefits to be fully realised, AI has to be adopted fairly and inclusively, ensuring no one is left behind. Here are insights from Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer; Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization; and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF. These leaders were speaking at Davos.

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