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AI Fever Gripping Davos Veers From Hope to Horror

This year’s World Economic Forum features more cheerleading on the technology, but also introspection and worries.
Yuval Noah Harari, historian and philosopher, during the WEF on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Hello and welcome to Davos, where the World Economic Forum’s annual meetings are now in full swing.

I’m Craig Stirling , a senior economics editor, and today we’re looking at the Davos obsession with AI. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X via @economics . And if you’re in Davos, don’t forget to drop by Bloomberg House . Register here .