The use of relatively simple AI tools can help developing economies overcome a shortage of expert knowledge to boost economic growth, although they risk becoming dependent on the U.S. or China if they don’t tread carefully, the World Bank said Tuesday.In what it billed as a “first comprehensive assessment” of the potential impact of AI on the lives of 6.8 billion people who live in developing economies, the bank concluded that many fewer jobs are vulnerable to AI-enabled automation than in rich countries, while many more can be made more productive.Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
