OpenAI ’ s chatbot ChatGPT has everyone talking . The AI-powered conversation tool , which enables dialogue-based conversations and can craft coherent essays , attracted 1 million users in the five days after launch .

It ’ s the first in a long list of AI-driven apps , examples of a technology dubbed ‘ generative AI ’ that could transform human productivity and the future of work .

During Davos 2023 , Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the “ golden age of AI was under way ” and it would redefine the world of work as we know it . Microsoft , which has invested US $ 1bn in OpenAI , is opening up access to new AI tools like ChatGPT .

Nadella said technologies like ChatGPT act “ as a co-pilot , helping people to do more with less ”. He pointed to two recent use cases of GPT technology : a Silicon Valley expert coder who improved productivity by 80 %; and an Indian farmer who used a GPT interface to access an opaque government program , despite only speaking a local dialect .

� ACCESS TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Following several years of global instability , people are gaining greater access to emerging technologies — AI , web3 , and tokenisation — which is advancing the next generation of creativity , community and data privacy , Accenture Life Trends 2023 finds .

� CEOS RETAIN TALENT

While the CEO outlook for 2023 is the most pessimistic on global economic growth in the past 12 years , 60 % are not planning to reduce the size of their workforce in the next 12 months , or reduce renumeration ( 80 %), PwC ’ s global CEO Survey finds .

� CYBER STORM COMING

A cyber storm is brewing , experts at Davos 2023 warned . " This storm is brewing , and it ' s really hard to anticipate just how bad that will be , Sadie Creese , a Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Oxford said .

� CHINA ’ S ECONOMY

While China ’ s GDP expanded 3 % in 2022 , it was one of its weakest annual performances in decades thanks to zero-COVID policy and slowing overseas demand . Shanghai ’ s economy saw negative growth for first time since 1978 .