IMF Chief Cautions AI Could Displace Jobs and Widen Inequality, Calls for New Safety Nets
- IMF head warns AI may lead to job losses, needing new social safety nets
- Study finds 40% of jobs globally exposed to AI, up to 60% in advanced economies
- AI could "exacerbate digital divide" between countries
- Elderly may face outsized impact, be especially in need of support
- News industry already seeing potential "epochal" disruption from AI models