IMF Chief Georgieva Warns AI Is a "Tsunami" Hitting Labour Markets, 40% of Jobs Affected

Summary

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered a stark warning at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2026, describing AI's expansion as a "tsunami hitting the labour market." She stated that on average 40% of jobs in advanced economies are "touched by AI, either enhanced or scrapped, or changed quite significantly without implications for better pay." Georgieva emphasized that AI is "moving so fast, and yet we don't know how to make it safe. We don't know how to make it inclu