India Has Its Own Unique Recipe for ‘AI Sovereignty’
While no country can fully decouple from US or Chinese models anytime soon, alternatives are emerging.
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Hello from New Delhi, where the Indian government has just finished hosting the world’s fourth annual AI summit, and the first held in the Global South. I’m Erik Schatzker, editorial director of Bloomberg New Economy, bringing you a special edition of the Saturday newsletter.
The weeklong AI summit, a sprawling affair with tens of thousands of delegates, hundreds of participating companies and keynote speeches by everyone from Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis to Emmanuel Macron, sent a clear message to the rest of the world: India has grand ambitions in artificial intelligence and the convening power to match them.