{"id":1016057,"date":"2026-06-22T08:15:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1016057"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:47:00","slug":"the-urgency-to-bridge-the-intelligence-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/06\/22\/the-urgency-to-bridge-the-intelligence-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"The urgency to bridge the intelligence divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, policymakers have focused on closing the digital divide by expanding internet connectivity and smartphone access. But as artificial intelligence reshapes economies, a new and potentially more dangerous gap is emerging: the intelligence divide. <\/p>\n<p>The challenge is no longer just access to information. It is access to the tools, skills and intelligence needed to turn information into innovation, productivity and economic opportunity. Nations that can harness AI effectively will create more value, build stronger industries and gain a competitive edge. Those that cannot risk being left behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, policymakers have focused on closing the digital divide by expanding internet connectivity and smartphone access. But as artificial intelligence reshapes economies, a new and potentially more dangerous gap is emerging: the intelligence divide. The challenge is no longer just access to information. It is access to the tools, skills and intelligence needed to turn information into innovation, productivity and economic opportunity. Nations that can harness AI effectively will create more value, build stronger industries and gain a competitive edge. Those that cannot risk being left behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016088,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016057\/revisions\/1016088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}