Diplomatic heavyweights from India and France declared New Delhi’s AI Impact Summit a pivotal moment for Global South leadership in artificial intelligence governance. At Washington’s CSIS forum, envoys Vinay Kwatra and Laurent Bily detailed the event’s commitment to tangible benefits, equity, and sustainable progress.
Kwatra hailed it as groundbreaking—a premier global AI conclave in a developing country. ‘AI must serve all societies,’ he asserted, with the summit’s trifecta of themes: empowering people, safeguarding the planet, and fueling prosperity. The goal? Seamless, widespread AI integration for the masses.
Bily connected it to the Paris AI Action Summit’s legacy, evolving from rules to real-world execution and funding. The Delhi edition will feature impact-driven sessions, a grand AI Expo drawing hundreds, scholarly panels, executive huddles, and unified policy pledges.
Emphasizing ‘impact’ signals a shift to implementation and measurable results, Kwatra said. Both stressed balanced global standards that honor diverse policies. Post-Paris, France sees massive AI investments in compute and R&D; India mirrors this with global firms bolstering its AI ecosystem amid rapid digital growth.
Leveraging its population and tech adoption, India is primed for AI at scale. Following summits in Britain, Korea, and France, New Delhi’s event cements the Global South’s voice in crafting an AI landscape that’s inclusive and effective.