From Ads to AI: How Big Tech Took Over Everything
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the immense responsibilities associated with the power of AI at the 2025 AI Action Summit. Seven of the world’s ten most valuable companies dominate the digital landscape, focusing on communications, manufacturing, AI, and commerce. These companies, including NVIDIA and Microsoft, significantly influence daily life and the digital economy, often functioning with near-monopolistic control. They streamline processes from advertisements to manufacturing and delivery, indicating a trend toward a fully digitized existence.
"The power of AI carries immense responsibilities. Today, that power sits in the hands of a few," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2025 AI Action Summit.
Today, seven of the world's top ten most valuable companies are digital giants, focusing primarily on the output of communication, digital manufacturing, artificial intelligence and digital commerce.
These companies actively reshape nearly every aspect of life, from showing you an ad for the brand-new phone you have been eyeing, to manufacturing the chip inside that very phone.
Some of these firms have a near-digital monopoly on all aspects of the digital economy.
Read at Inter Press Service
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