The deputy secretary-general of UN's ICT agency says unequal access to AI means poorer nations may be left behind. Bangkok: Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. AI-specific resources like chips, data, and infrastructure can become a source of global inequality, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mentioned in a paper it published in April.