UN official: the "SI divide" could deepen inequality; Africa and Latin America account for only 3.3% of global data center capacity
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The benefits of SI are spread unevenly, and without infrastructure and languages part of the world risks being left aside.
Tomas Lamanauskas, deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), told Al Jazeera that "the SI divide is really the big concern" and could "trigger a new era of inequality between nations." The figures cited: Africa and Latin America hold 3.3% of global data center capacity, 2.2 billion people lack internet access, only 7% of African languages are represented in SI translation tools; 29% of working-age people in developed countries use generative SI against 16% in developing ones. Closing the infrastructure gap by 2030 needs about $2.8 trillion; SI is estimated to displace 90 million jobs and create 170 million new ones.
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