AI boom drives intangible investment to record level: UN
Global intangible asset investments reached over $10 trillion in 2025. This growth significantly outpaced tangible investments over recent years. Since 2008, intangible investment has grown by 3.5% annually in real terms, way ahead of tangible investments, w…
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Global intangible asset investments reached over $10 trillion in 2025. This growth significantly outpaced tangible investments over recent years. Since 2008, intangible investment has grown by 3.5% annually in real terms, way ahead of tangible investments, w…
The AI boom has helped drive investments in intangible assets such as software, data and research to a record high in 2025, the United Nations' patent and innovation agency said Wednesday.These inves…
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