From CNBC · Joanna Ossinger · · 1m 20s
Xi puts China at the front of BRICS AI
At the New Delhi summit, Xi Jinping pitched China as the country that will build shared AI plumbing for the developing world.
In brief
At the New Delhi summit, Xi Jinping pitched China as the country that will build shared AI plumbing for the developing world. China is offering the developing world an AI stack of its own, open-source models, cloud, and training, with no mention of safety. Originally reported by CNBC.
China takes the lead
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Xi Jinping said China will lead AI collaboration and development among developing countries.
An open-source AI community
China will set up a BRICS AI open-source community, back joint work on large language models, and run seminars and training courses.
“build an open AI ecosystem”
Cloud and skills to match
The plan adds a BRICS digital ecosystem cloud platform, plus digital skills training, technology exchange and industrial alignment across members.
Growing the engineers
Xi also proposed a BRICS engineer cultivation alliance and a youth exchange program for scientific and technological innovation.
Silence on safety
The pitch lands as models ship at a frenetic pace and a researcher who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic warned many insiders fear AI could kill everyone this decade. Xi said nothing about it.
Why BRICS is the venue
Founded in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as a counterweight to the West, the bloc now also includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the UAE.
What it means
China is offering the developing world an AI stack of its own, open-source models, cloud, and training, with no mention of safety.
