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World Bank urges developing countries to embrace AI ‘lifeline’ or be left behind
The World Bank urges developing countries to adopt artificial intelligence tools to improve governance, warning that failure to do so could leave them behind. The World Bank Group's chief economist, Indermit Gill, highlighted that developing economies don't need large models or big data centers to benefit from AI, as stated in the annual World Development Report.
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