Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Speaking at the Digital World Conference: AI for Social Development, Professor Geoffrey Hinton emphasized the need to carefully guide rapid AI advances to benefit societies rather than pose risks, comparing AI development to driving a car without brakes or a steering wheel.
According to the UN Trade and Development Technology and Innovation Report 2025, the global AI market is projected to grow from $189 billion in 2023 to $4.8 trillion by 2033, surpassing the size of Japan's economy within a decade.
However, UNCTAD Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno warned that AI development and influence remain concentrated in a few economies and firms, increasing the risk of global inequality.
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, noted that generative AI adoption in industrialized countries is nearly twice as fast as in developing countries—a "second great divergence" that could widen the gap between those shaping AI and those merely consuming it.
She further stressed that disparities in infrastructure, investment, and capacity cannot be resolved by any single country or organization alone.
These international discussions highlight growing efforts to ensure equitable benefits and governance for AI worldwide, with calls for transparent, accountable, and rights-based regulation to address risks such as algorithmic bias and data monopolies concentrated among a few large corporations.