The International Monetary Fund keeps its global growth outlook largely unchanged for this year, attributing resilience to a surge in artificial intelligence that helps offset economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East. In updated projections reflected in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, the fund highlights that AI-related activity provides a counterbalance to disruption and weaker conditions linked to war-related developments and oil-market shocks. One outlet reports the IMF continues to forecast global growth around 3% while emphasizing that the overall picture still includes vulnerabilities. While the forecast is stable, the IMF flags that risks remain on the downside, including potential worsening of geopolitical conditions and related economic pressures. Across the sources, the shared theme is that AI growth momentum is a meaningful supporting factor, but it does not eliminate uncertainty tied to the conflict and its knock-on effects. The IMF’s updated view therefore maintains the current baseline for global expansion while stressing that outcomes could diverge if risks materialize more strongly than expected.