ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° English, 12 October 2026, job displacement
AI investment propping up global growth amid energy shocks
AI investment is helping prop up the global economy, but threatens to displace jobs in Asia's youth.
An investment surge into artificial intelligence may be helping prop up a global economy battered by energy supply shocks, but the technology’s potential to cull jobs requires swift mitigation if Asia’s youth are to secure a place in the future workforce.
Soaring energy prices, persistent inflation and mounting debt framed the opening of the week-long summit, which was last hosted in the Thai capital in 1991.
The US has not sent its Treasury Secretary to attend the gathering, despite triggering the energy crunch following its war against Iran, taken alongside Israel, in February.