Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
This week’s top stories of the week include:
0:15 – Inequality Is Not Inevitable, Says Oxfam: Globally, billionaire wealth rose by more than 16% in 2025. That’s 3 times the average annual rise over the previous 5 years, according to Oxfam’s latest report on global inequality. Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International, suggests 5 ways to fight #inequality – and also shares his reasons to be cheerful, including his faith in Gen Z.
02: 59 – Can Kids Be Safe Online?: Safety breaches for children seem less a bug than a feature of the web – but does it have to be this way? Absolutely not, says Marija Manojlovic, the Executive Director of Safe Online, a global fund that supports online safety projects.
06:34 – The Rise of Small AI Models: What if the way to better AI wasn’t to think bigger, but to think smaller? That’s the route proposed by professor and AI expert Yejin Choi, who argues that the cultural dominance of English in LLMs silences other cultures and shuts whole communities out of AI’s benefits.
09:45 – Pond Slime Fights Climate Change: Pond slime is actually algae – microscopic plant-like organisms – and it’s proving to be an unlikely ally in the fight against climate change. US-based start-up Air Build has developed an algae-based system that can filter out pollutants and contaminants from wastewater, at the same time as absorbing excess carbon. Here, AirBuild’s CEO David Gory explains how the process works.
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