IMF Warns AI Is an Economic Tsunami Shaking Global Jobs
Kristalina Georgieva said AI could change or eliminate 40% of jobs worldwide as heavy investment keeps global growth near 3%, IMF said.
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IMF Chief Warns of Slow-Moving Tsunami as AI Spending Props Up Global Growth
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says AI infrastructure spending sustains 3% global growth and delivers outsized gains to Asian hardware suppliers. Yet the technology threatens 40% of jobs worldwide and strains tax systems. Policymakers must adapt education and fiscal policy now.
IMF Warns AI is an Economic Tsunami Shaking Global Jobs
Last Updated on October 13, 2026 by Jeff Tomas BANGKOK – Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the world as we know it. Now, the International Monetary Fund is sounding a major alarm. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva recently called the rise of AI a “slow-moving tsunami”. This massive shift will heavily impact jobs, economic growth, […] <p>The post IMF Warns AI is an Economic Tsunami Shaking Global Jobs first appeared on Chiang R…
It would have profound consequences for employment, growth, education and even for the way in which States generate income through taxes.
Global investment in artificial intelligence is helping to sustain global economic growth by around 3% a year, even as energy prices are hurting many countries. However, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, warned that profits are concentrating on economies linked to technology manufacturing, while automation threatens to transform millions of jobs and widen international inequalities.
It would have profound consequences for employment, growth, education and even for the way in which States generate income through taxes.
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