High Level Session 3: AI & the Future of Work, IGF 2025.
The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum is hosted by the Government of the Norway in Lillestrøm from 23 to 27 June 2025. The Forum's overarching theme is: Building Digital Governance Together. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is, along with robotics, at the forefront of technological innovation, and may have a profound and lasting impact on the global labour market. Sam Altman of OpenAI has predicted that 2025 will be the year we may see the first AI agents 'join the workforce' and materially change the output of companies. How will this development change the nature of work, and how are businesses, employees and governments preparing for it? While AI has demonstrated impressive development in understanding and reasoning abilities in recent years, challenges remain when executing tasks in real-world scenarios. Will recent developments in robotics and machine vision enable AI systems to bridge the gap between digital intelligence and physical action? The conv...