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AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

Helmut Kohl, former telecom executive and current family‑office manager, warned at a German family‑office conference that artificial intelligence represents a transformative force rivaling the atomic bomb and the moon landing. He estimates AI models now serve about three billion users—roughly a third of the global population—yet notes that many cannot access them due to age, geography, or infrastructure gaps. Kohl highlighted the rapid obsolescence of training infrastructure and urged companies to embed AI into core operations, or risk obsolescence within two years. He also criticized the slow pace of regulatory responses, which lag behind private‑sector innovation.