From Washington to New Delhi, the US is doubling down on AI leadership with Deputy Secretary Jacob Helberg’s attendance at the India-AI Impact Summit. Accompanied by OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, Helberg joins the February 20-21 gathering to elevate US-India economic partnerships amid the global AI race.
Expectations are high for Helberg’s bilateral engagements and summit speech, where he’ll advocate for intensified collaboration in frontier technologies. A highlight: announcing advancements in the US AI Exports Program, integral to the national AI Action Plan, to democratize AI benefits.
Complementing this, a fresh US initiative offers up to $200 million for Indo-Pacific smartphone deployment. The Edge AI Package targets next-gen devices on secure OSes, boosting their market edge to integrate one billion new internet users into an interoperable, innovation-rich environment.
Empowering developers with AI-centric tools, this push accelerates Pax Silica – a vision of an economically vibrant, digitally linked Indo-Pacific. It champions market alternatives over risky dependencies, neutralizing manipulation risks from dubious providers and nurturing trustworthy AI ecosystems.
These steps reinforce a broader US strategy: safeguarding allied digital realms to remain secure, self-reliant, and shielded from undue influence, ensuring technology serves freedom and prosperity.