Regulating AI and curbing debt need urgent action around the globe, says IMF chief

Ahead of IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged nations to act.

The logo of the International Monetary Fund is visible on its building, April 5, 2021, in Washington. [Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]

Countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the artificial intelligence boom, heavy borrowing and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the head of the IMF said Wednesday.“Some very tough political choices stare us in the face,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech in Singapore ahead of autumn IMF-World Bank meetings to be held in Bangkok next week.“My message to the world’s economic policymakers next week will be this: we........

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