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Policy Paper · AI · Governance · Digital Divide · 2026

The New Inequality
AI, the digital divide, and humanity's crossroads.

An evidence-based analysis of four interlocking crises of the AI age: the global governance vacuum and the three-model divergence between China, the US, and the EU; the collapse of human ethics as a credible guardrail; the cloud-based digital divide draining the sovereignty and treasury of developing nations; and the environmental toll of AI data centres on freshwater ecosystems. With proposals for a global AI constitution.

Scope
Governance · Ethics · Cloud · Environment
Length
15 pages
Author
Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb
Published
2026
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Author — National ICT, Telecommunication & Digital Transformation Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh (State Minister equivalent) and former Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. Lead Technical Architect, VodafoneZiggo Netherlands (2012–2024). Senior Solution Architect, Ericsson (2008–2012).

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Taiyeb, F. A. (2026). The New Inequality: Faces of AI inequality and the challenges of the digital divide in the age of artificial intelligence. Ophanix Analytics Policy Paper.
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