BRICS Forum on AI: A Push for Digital Sovereignty and a New Global Narrative
UPSC Relevance
Prelims: International Relations (BRICS, Global South, South-South Cooperation), Science & Tech (Artificial Intelligence - AI, AI Governance), Current Events.
Mains:
GS Paper 2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests; Effect of policies and politics of developed countries on India’s interests.
GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- developments and their applications; Awareness in the fields of IT, Computers, robotics.
Key Highlights from the News
At the BRICS Media and Think Tank Forum in Rio de Janeiro, calls were made for South-South cooperation and the equitable sharing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) benefits.
Concern was raised that the concentration of AI capabilities in a few institutions in a few countries could create dangerous dependencies for Global South nations.
The forum emphasized the importance of cooperation among Global South countries to enable them to play a greater role in shaping AI governance frameworks.
Each country needs 'regulatory autonomy' to formulate its own laws and regulations.
The forum called for developing a multilingual and multimodal corpus to train AI models that cater to the needs of the Global South.
It was also suggested that AI should be used to bring 'Global South Stories' to a wider audience to counter biases in the international media landscape.
A Chinese representative stated that BRICS is not against any country but is a mechanism to ensure equity and justice in international governance.
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