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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

AI boom risks widening wealth divide, says BlackRock’s Larry Fink

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Larry Fink says the AI boom risks accelerating a trend where leading companies pull ahead while others struggle to keep pace. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The boom in artificial intelligence risks widening inequality, with only a handful of companies and investors likely to reap its financial rewards, the BlackRock chief executive, Larry Fink, has said.

The boss of the $14tn (£10.4tn) asset manager used his annual letter to investors on Monday to highlight potential hazards around the exponential growth in AI, which has attracted rapid investment and become, he said, “central to strategic competition” between global powers such as the US and China.

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