BRICS Must Focus on AI to Prevent Widening Digital Divide, Says Congress MP

Source: Devdiscourse | Original Published At: 2026-09-10 07:25:17 UTC

Key Points

• Congress MP Manish Tewari urged BRICS countries to prioritize artificial intelligence and frontier technologies.
• He warned that AI innovation concentrated in the Global North could widen the digital divide between the Global South and North.
• Tewari called for guardrails to prevent super AI development from becoming a race to the bottom.
• He said the upcoming BRICS Summit in New Delhi will have added significance for cooperation and sustainability in AI advancement.
• The BRICS group, representing the Global South, includes leaders from 11 member countries.