World Economic Forum

How artificial intelligence will transform higher education

David Gann and Mark Dodgson 09 Aug 2017

As AI surpasses human abilities in Go and poker – two decades after Deep Blue trounced chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov – it is seeping into our lives in ever more profound ways. It affects the wa...

The sunny side of the roboconomy in the Middle East

Mauricio Zuazua 24 May 2017

The Middle East and North Africa's youthful, fast-urbanizing population are perfectly placed to embrace technology and reap the rewards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution....

Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum

Alex Kirkpatrick 20 Jan 2017

The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...

What artificial intelligence will look like in 2030

Leah Burrows and Harvard SEAS 16 Sep 2016

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed our lives — from the autonomous cars on the roads to the robotic vacuums and smart thermostats in our homes. Over the next 15 years, AI technolog...

From flying shuttles to rolling robots, automated supply chains are almost here

Wolfgang Lehmacher 02 Sep 2016

From Amazon’s delivery drones to self-driving cars, autonomous factory equipment to Elon Musk’s 760 mph vacuum tubes – automated vehicles are on the rise. Even beyond the grounds of pri...

Fourth Industrial Revolution main theme at #WEF16 World Economic Forum

Kassie Perlongo 26 Jan 2016

Another year gone as the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos draws to a close. Experts weighed in about upcoming global changes for robotics, AI, internet of things, and the rise of digital transf...

Forget Singularity, let’s talk Multiplicity: Ken Goldberg on AI at the WEF

Audrow Nash 23 Feb 2015

Each January, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting takes place in Davos, Switzerland. This event is one of the preeminent economic conferences in the world, and this year, there was a majo...

Robotics, AI in the spotlight at #WEF15 World Economic Forum

Hallie Siegel 21 Jan 2015

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos is on. [tweetquote]What are experts telling world leaders at WEF15 about robotics, AI and Big Data?[/tweetquote]...

Joichi Ito interviewed at World Economic Forum

John Payne 27 Jan 2013

Rana Foroohar, of Time Magazine, in the context of the World Economic Forum, interviewing Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab. View on the WEF website...