Technological change, led by digital technologies, is a defining feature of our time. The latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will drive the ongoing digital transformation of economies much further. These new technologies are reshaping markets, production, trade, and the nature of work. They hold great potential to boost productivity, economic growth, and human welfare.
But they also pose new challenges and risks. There is uneven participation in the new opportunities created by digital transformation. Many are being left behind, across industries, across the workforce, and across economies.