The Four Horsemen of AI

AI’s greatest threats may not come from rogue models, but from the systems required to build, power, govern, and trust them. Regulation is fragmenting across borders, advanced compute is concentrating in fewer hands, energy demand is colliding with infrastructure limits, and privacy concerns are eroding public confidence. Together, these four forces could slow innovation, raise barriers to entry, and determine who gets to shape the future of AI. This session will examine how these threats reinforce one another and explore practical solutions, including adaptive policy, decentralized compute, new energy strategies, and privacy-preserving architectures. Attend to gain a clear framework for confronting the Four Horsemen and building an AI ecosystem resilient enough to survive them.