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IMF Chief Warns AI Hitting Labor Market "Like a Tsunami" at Davos as Employee Job Loss Anxiety Surges to 40% While Leaders Remain Unprepared
Kristalina Georgieva tells World Economic Forum that 40% of global jobs touched by AI while employee concerns about displacement jumped from 28% in 2024 to 40% in 2026—yet most countries and businesses remain unprepared for workforce disruption already underway as Deutsche Bank predicts "AI redundancy washing" will dominate 2026. Read more
OpenEvidence Raises $250 Million Series D at $12 Billion Valuation as "ChatGPT for Doctors" Doubles Value in Three Months While Handling 18 Million Monthly Consultations
Initiative targets 1,000 primary health clinics by 2028 starting with Rwanda to address healthcare worker shortages and mitigate impact of 27% drop in global development assistance—Bill Gates says AI can help reverse first rise in preventable child deaths this century following U.S., UK, Germany funding cuts. Read more
Gates Foundation and OpenAI Launch $50 Million Horizon1000 Partnership to Deploy AI Health Systems Across African Countries as International Aid Cuts Drive Child Mortality Increase
Abu Dhabi-based fintech secures largest seed funding in Middle East and Africa history with BlueFive Capital leading investment ahead of 2026 launch—targets $7 trillion Islamic finance market with no dominant digital player and former Revolut, Nubank executives on leadership team. Read more
Careerminds Study Reveals AI Now Top Factor Driving Layoff Decisions as 57% of HR Leaders Plan Workforce Reductions While 90% of Employees Remain Confident Jobs Are Secure
National survey exposes massive disconnect as nearly half of organizations planning layoffs cite AI adoption as major contributing factor—AI now ranks ahead of market conditions and industry trends while employees report positive current AI experiences that mask future displacement risk. Read more
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Plans Late January China Visit to Reopen Critical AI Chip Market as Trump Administration Approves H200 Sales But Chinese Customs Block Imports
Huang expected to attend Lunar New Year company events and possibly meet Beijing officials as regulatory whiplash creates uncertainty—Trump approved H200 chip sales with 25% price cut requirement while Chinese customs simultaneously instructed agents not to permit imports, leaving $50 billion annual market opportunity in limbo. Read more
What investment is rudimentary for billionaires but ‘revolutionary’ for 70,571+ investors entering 2026?
Imagine this. You open your phone to an alert. It says, “you spent $236,000,000 more this month than you did last month.”
If you were the top bidder at Sotheby’s fall auctions, it could be reality.
Sounds crazy, right? But when the ultra-wealthy spend staggering amounts on blue-chip art, it’s not just for decoration.
The scarcity of these treasured artworks has helped drive their prices, in exceptional cases, to thin-air heights, without moving in lockstep with other asset classes.
The contemporary and post war segments have even outpaced the S&P 500 overall since 1995.*
Now, over 70,000 people have invested $1.2 billion+ across 500 iconic artworks featuring Banksy, Basquiat, Picasso, and more.
How? You don’t need Medici money to invest in multimillion dollar artworks with Masterworks.
Thousands of members have gotten annualized net returns like 14.6%, 17.6%, and 17.8% from 26 sales to date.
*Based on Masterworks data. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Important Reg A disclosures: masterworks.com/cd
📢 The Signal Behind the Noise
The IMF warns of a tsunami while 90% of employees remain confident their jobs are secure even as HR leaders cite AI as the top reason for planned layoffs. The gap between executive strategy and workforce awareness explains why disruption arrives as surprise rather than managed transition. OpenEvidence's $12 billion valuation proves vertical AI wins by solving real workflow problems, not impressive demos. The technology works—the question is whether organizations prepare people as aggressively as they deploy automation.
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