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AI investment boom risks widening global development divide
Artificial intelligence and other strategic technologies are reshaping global investment, concentrating capital in fewer sectors and fewer countries while raising the risk that many developing economies are left behind.
The rapid growth of AI investment is reshaping global supply chains, concentrating capital in fewer sectors and countries, and potentially widening the development divide.
Executive Summary
Artificial intelligence and other strategic technologies are reshaping global investment, concentrating capital in fewer sectors and fewer countries while raising the risk that many developing economies are left behind. Rapid growth in AI and digital infrastructure investment is now intertwined with industrial policy and national security priorities, influencing where companies invest and how global production is organized.
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Published: 2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
Original Article: https://unctad.org/news/ai-investment-boom-risks-widening-global-development-divide
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