AI for Social Inclusion: Opportunities, Risks…

As AI is rapidly transforming economies and societies, it presents both unprecedented opportunities and important social challenges. On the one hand, AI can support inclusive economic and social development by increasing productivity and fostering innovation, improving access to health and other social services, and providing new channels for political participation. On the other hand, the absence of inclusive AI policies and regulation risks widening socio economic divides, reinforcing structural biases, and amplifying mis- and disinformation.