The exponential growth of AI is creating an unprecedented demand for energy and data center infrastructure, a central theme at the World Economic Forum. Global data center power usage is projected to jump from 55 to 84 gigawatts in just two years.

In his debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Elon Musk forecasted a future where robots are more numerous than humans and provided updates on Tesla's Optimus robot and autonomous driving plans.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that artificial intelligence will be capable of performing all the tasks of a software engineer within the next 6 to 12 months.

Speaking at Davos, Palantir CEO Alex Karp argued that AI enhances civil liberties by providing granular transparency in decision-making. He also issued a stark warning that Europe is structurally falling behind the US and China in technology adoption.

Global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos are raising alarms about AI's profound impact on the labor market, with the IMF describing it as a 'tsunami.' Discussions highlight nearly 55,000 US layoffs in 2025 attributed to AI and the urgent need for workforce upskilling.