In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, lockdowns and social distancing are accelerating the adoption of e-commerce, online learning, remote work, and online entertainment. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, lockdowns and social distancing are accelerating the adoption of e-commerce, online learning, remote work, and online entertainment. And since online platforms and marketplaces generate so much data and rely so heavily on artificial intelligence (AI), their growth will only expand the AI gold rush. Already, global e-commerce sales have grown more than 20% per year each of the past three years. The number of students taking at least one course online has grown by almost two percentage points per year.