Marking a bold step for equitable AI, India and France have endorsed the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi as transformative for developing worlds. In a Washington CSIS dialogue, Ambassadors Kwatra and Bily spotlighted its emphasis on inclusion, actionable development, and visible results.
Kwatra called it unprecedented: the largest AI summit ever in the Global South. Centered on people, planet, and progress, it aims to deliver accessible, potent AI to billions. ‘This shows AI’s power for every society,’ he emphasized.
Extending Paris 2025’s framework, Bily noted the partnership’s pivot to deployment, investments, and public-good AI. Highlights include a vast expo, research symposia, C-suite roundtables, and leader communiques blending academia, industry, and policy.
The ‘impact’ focus demands concrete outcomes over abstractions, per Kwatra. The ambassadors called for unified yet flexible global AI guardrails. France’s infrastructure investments post-Paris parallel India’s influx of tech capital for compute, power, and frameworks, fueled by its digital explosion.
India’s scale positions it perfectly for AI trials at population level. This summit advances the chain from UK, South Korea, and French hosts, empowering the Global South to define AI’s inclusive trajectory.