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AI-powered models, which are rapidly developing in capacity and scale, are expected to disrupt companies' operating and business models.
What are the near-term use cases and long-term moonshot opportunities for AI to fundamentally reshape industrial ecosystems?
This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 29 April, 2024.
Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/ai-powered-industries/
Speakers: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Editor, Global Energy and Climate Innovation, The Economist
Simon Freakley, Chief Executive Officer, AlixPartners
Robert Falck, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Einride AB
Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman, Schneider Electric SE
Cheryl Cui, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bota Biosciences
Abdulla Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Bahrain
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While AI has the potential to augment the capabilities of workers by automating tasks, concerns persist regarding technological unemployment and the concentration of productivity gains.

As AI develops further, what are the trade-offs leaders will need to manage?
This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here:
https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/ai-productivity-work-can-we-have-it-all/
Speakers: Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia
Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times
Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda
Øyvind Eriksen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aker ASA
Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President; Chief Technical Officer; Chief Executive Officer, Sony Research, Sony Group Corporation
Abdullah AlSwaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia
Special Meeting 2024 This episode is related to the Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024.
https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/
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The recent sustained slowdown in growth has been compounded by a succession of crises and dislocations.

What approaches are needed to reignite growth while shifting to a better balance between quantity and quality?

Recorded 28 April, 2024 at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/what-kind-of-growth-do-we-need/
Public Speakers Tengku Zafrul Bin Tengku Abdul Aziz Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia

Saadia Zahidi Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva

Mohammed Al-Jadaan Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia

Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Joumanna Bercetche Anchor, Bloomberg News
Special Meeting 2024 This episode is related to the Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024.
https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/
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Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics
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In a significant heightening of the battle for global pre-eminence in the semiconductor industry, export bans on certain types of advanced chips, including those used to develop AI, have come into effect.

What impact will these restrictions have on both innovation and the competitive landscape in advanced chipmaking as the industry takes centre stage in power relations between the major global economies?
This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 17 January, 2024. Watch it here:
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/the-battle-for-chips/
Speakers: Nicholas Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic
Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands
Chris Miller, Associate Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Railways of India
Arati Prabhakar, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Links: World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home


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AI and immersive technologies will fundamentally change how humanity interacts with society, government and even the environment.

How can we meet the challenge presented by the complex risks we face while building trust in our technological future?
This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 on January 17, 2024.
Speakers:
Mustafa Suleyman, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft AI
Ben Thompson, Founder, Stratechery
Ayanna Howard, Dean of Engineering, Ohio State University
Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/town-hall-how-to-trust-technology/
Links: World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home
AI Governance Alliance:
https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home
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Our soils withdraw 70% of freshwater and grow 95% of the food we eat. They are a critical lever to transform how we produce food and tackle the trilemma of food access and affordability, nutrition and health as well as nature and climate.

From capital stacks for watersheds linked to farming corridors to skills and capabilities in protecting and restoring soil health, how can breakthrough finance, knowledge models and community collaborations realize the value of soil?

This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 16 January, 2024. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/geopolitics-of-food-and-water/

Speakers: Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International ASA

Kashim Shettima, Vice-President of Nigeria, Office of the Vice-President of Nigeria

John Harris, Founding Editor, Politico

Ibrahim Thiaw, Undersecretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Cindy H. McCain, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, US Department of State

Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA

Links: World Economic Forum's Centre for Nature and Climate: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-nature-and-climate/home

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