# 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.
- Title: Xi puts China at the front of BRICS AI · CNBC | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: china, brics, geopolitics, open source, business, finance, puts, front, CNBC
- Source: CNBC — https://cnbc.com/2026/09/13/china-xi-ai-tech-brics.html
- Author: Joanna Ossinger
- Published: 2026-09-13T11:17:12+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai, china, brics, geopolitics, open source, business, finance
## 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.
## Key takeaway

China is offering the developing world an AI stack of its own, open-source models, cloud, and training, with no mention of safety.