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Is Google a monster that must be tamed by regulators and governments around the world or will it eventually rule the world?

These were the questions U.S. economist George Gilder raised during the 2020 New Economy Think Tank Summit in Beijing on January 4, where digital economy professionals discussed trends and exchanged insights.

The reality is that the world economy is becoming more and more digitalized with the development of the Internet, big data technologies and artificial intelligence, posing opportunities as well as challenges. In 2019, major Internet and IT companies occupied seven of the top 10 spots of the most valuable companies in the world,

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