World Bank urges developing economies to adopt AI rapidly as growth hits 30-year low

World Bank urges developing economies to adopt AI rapidly as growth hits 30-year low

World Bank chief urges developing economies to adopt "small AI" for health, education, governance in response to 30-year growth low; middle-income countries already account for 50% of ChatGPT traffic. Adoption without internal technical capacity risks foreign platform dependency for critical services and job displacement in manufacturing and call centers, widening inequality between urban and rural populations.