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IMF boss warns global system not ready for AI cyber threats

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2026. [AFP]

The global monetary system is not prepared to address artificial intelligence's(AI) rapidly escalating risks, the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has warned, as Kenya's banking sector reels from billions of shillings in annual cyber losses that experts say AI will only worsen.

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