Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks at the IMF Annual Meetings Curtain Raiser in Singapore on October 7, 2026. The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on October 7. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)