A tariff-induced recession could be great news for AI adoption. Here’s why

Past economic recessions have accelerated the adoption of new technologies, especially those designed to automate tasks, such as these factory robots working on an assembly line in a manufacturer in China. That might mean that a recession caused by the Trump administration’s tariff policy would actually drive adoption of artificial intelligence by companies that have so far been wary of the tech.

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