Comment by Christine Lagarde

[AI] is capital intensive, energy intensive, data intensive. It prospers if there is plenty of that. If we don't work cooperatively, there will be less data to process, less capital flowing, and that is not conducive to the prosperity of a sector that is leading that game and is very promising to productivity. [...] We are heading for real trouble if we don't pay attention to the distribution of wealth and the disparity that is getting deeper and bigger. Unverified source (2026)