AI could keep poor countries poor

Published on July 9, 2026 1:49 PM GMTThis post was crossposted from Under Development with the author's permission, by the Forum team. The author may not see comments.Subtitle: Kicking over the development ladderOn February 28, 2024, the world’s largest call center company lost over a quarter of its value in a single morning, after an announcement from Swedish fintech Klarna that its AI assistant was now handling two-thirds of its customer service chats. Traders were pricing in a longer-term pre...