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World Bank report highlights Thailand’s AI opportunities and gaps
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The World Bank’s World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence assesses the impact of artificial intelligence, or AI, on about 6.8 billion people in low- and middle-income countries.
Key facts
- In 2026, major US AI companies and cloud providers, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle, plan a combined investment of about US$775 billion, or approximately THB25.19 trillion.
- A chart in the report compares it with Thailand’s 2025 gross domestic product, estimated at US$577 billion, or approximately THB18.75 trillion.
- The report states that goods supporting AI development increased their share of global trade from about 13% in 2023 to nearly 17% by the end of 2025, alongside rising investment across the semiconductor, electronics and data-centre
- It identifies AI as a potentially important tool for helping developing countries overcome longstanding constraints in staffing, knowledge and the quality of public services.
- The report estimates that about 4.5% of jobs in low- and middle-income countries involve tasks that generative AI could perform instead of workers, compared with 14.2% in high-income countries.
- Conversely, about 16.2% of jobs in low- and middle-income countries are likely to benefit from AI as a tool that enhances workers’ capabilities rather than replacing them entirely.
Summary
It identifies AI as a potentially important tool for helping developing countries overcome longstanding constraints in staffing, knowledge and the quality of public services.
However, the benefits of AI will not materialise automatically.