World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

There are now 80 machines for every human online
There are now 80 machines for every human online
Non-human identities, from bots to AI agents to Internet of Things devices, now massively outnumber people online. Many of these NHIs have authorization to carry out tasks on behalf of human user...
Your home could be powered by an electric car
Your home could be powered by an electric car
In the evening, power grids are under strain as millions of people switch on lights, appliances and air conditioners.   Meanwhile, fully charged electric cars sit idle, holding power that the gri
Extreme Weather Prediction & Job Sectors Most at Risk from AI | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
Extreme Weather Prediction & Job Sectors Most at Risk from AI | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
This week's top stories of the week include: 00:14 - Job sectors most at risk to AI: An entry-level job is usually the first stepping stone in a career. Today, however, AI is upending that paradig...
Ideas on the Move: Madeline Gannon
Ideas on the Move: Madeline Gannon
"Curious, kind, and alive." That's how designer @MadelineGannon thinks robots should behave. Not like machines, but like animals. Her drive? Pure impatience for a future she'd rather just go buil...
Ideas on the Move: Guo Jingjing
Ideas on the Move: Guo Jingjing
Four Olympic golds. And her advice to young people: just go for it. Diving champion Guo Jingjing joined us in Dalian for Ideas on the Move and reminded us that the fear of failure is usually the o...
Innovating at Scale
Innovating at Scale
The cost of deploying next-generation technologies is falling faster than most organizations can absorb. Economies are racing to keep pace – not only through invention but through adoption and orga...
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
Join us for a summary of the key insights, conclusions and next steps from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026.
Poetic Skylines
Poetic Skylines
Amid the rise of urbanization and the complex intertwined challenges that have emerged from infrastructure to health, architecture is having a moment. Join award-winning architect Ma Yansong on ...
US and China: From Here to Where?
US and China: From Here to Where?
The US and China remain deeply intertwined economically, yet unresolved trade, technology and security divides have created friction and raised fundamental questions about the trajectory of the rel...
15th Five-Year Plan, Unpacked
15th Five-Year Plan, Unpacked
As China enters its 15th Five-Year Plan period, policy priorities are focused on boosting domestic demand, upgrading industry through innovation and accelerating the green transition across sectors...
This company uses AI to predict extreme weather
This company uses AI to predict extreme weather
Faster, more accurate predictions about where a hurricane will hit can save lives. But existing weather prediction models tend to be expensive and slow, says Marvin Gabler, CEO of Jua.ai. AI is st...
Ideas on the Move: Sumant Sinha
Ideas on the Move: Sumant Sinha
"Not just to create value for themselves - but because it's the right thing to do." Sumant Sinha on what the energy transition actually needs: the technology, the grids, the policy - and the peopl...
Ideas on the Move: Lady Marieme Jamme
Ideas on the Move: Lady Marieme Jamme
What does gender equality look like in the age of AI? For Lady Marieme Jamme, founder of I am the CODE, it means girls from refugee camps and slums building their own AI bots. Episode 3 of Ideas ...
AMNC26 Day 3 - The final day at the Summer Davos
AMNC26 Day 3 - The final day at the Summer Davos
Stacey Vanek Smith, co-host of Bloomberg Business Week's Everybody's Business podcast joins us to look ahead to the final day at the Summer Davos, AMNC26. Links: AMNC26: https://www.weforumasia.cn/...
Is Finance Dividing Us?
Is Finance Dividing Us?
From the growing use of the renminbi in cross-border transactions to the rise of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), China is creating its own financial infrastructure that is increas...
In Dialogue with Our Heritage
In Dialogue with Our Heritage
Whether set in a historic courtyard in Guangdong province or at an Italian embassy in Europe, public art grounded in collaboration with communities can transform a space into a platform for cultura...
The Latest on Industrial Clusters
The Latest on Industrial Clusters
China has placed industrial clusters at the centre of its industrial and green transition efforts, positioning them as piloting ecosystems of integrated solutions, from accelerating clean power and...
How Far Can China’s Innovation Model Go?
How Far Can China’s Innovation Model Go?
China’s role in sectors such as consumer technology and manufacturing automation is being shaped by industrial policy, market scale and a dynamic technology ecosystem. Companies that move quickly f...
Deep Tech, Shallow Markets
Deep Tech, Shallow Markets
Cutting-edge fields such as quantum sensing, biotechnologies and AI offer new productivity levers but require specialized infrastructure, large investments and specific regulations to be deployed. ...