Davos 2025: Trade, tariffs, AI and UN chief Guterres dominate World Economic Forum agenda
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A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence, and appearances by leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos on Wednesday.
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, has been one of the highest-profile advocates for the fight against climate change. That effort has been rattled by promises by U.S. President Donald Trump to “ drill, baby, drill ” and expand fossil-fuel production in the world's largest economy.
Here's a look at what's on tap Wednesday at the annual meeting of elites in the Swiss Alps. What to make of Artificial Intelligence: Promise, peril or both?. The CEO of AI startup Groq and others take up the idea of artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can.
AGI has prompted concern for world governments and some top scientists have warned that unchecked AI agents with “long-term planning” skills could pose an existential risk to humanity. A day earlier, Trump highlighted a joint venture that plans to invest up to $500 billion for infrastructure linked to AI though a new partnership formed by Oracle, SoftBank and OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT — whose chatbot has led to fascination with its ability to perform basic business tasks and answer complex questions, albeit with varying degrees of accuracy.
