BRICS leaders call for wider AI access, stronger global cooperation for tech safety, risk mitigation

Source: Livemint | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 14:19:26 UTC

Key Points

• BRICS leaders called for wider access to AI resources and stronger international cooperation to ensure AI is safe, secure, inclusive, reliable and its risks are mitigated.
• The New Delhi Declaration committed to implementing the BRICS Leaders' Statement on the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence and promoting trustworthy, energy-efficient AI for economic growth and social good.
• The declaration outlined a broad technology agenda covering cybersecurity, digital public infrastructure, telecom and submarine networks, quantum technologies, startups and advanced manufacturing.
• BRICS countries backed cooperation toward a sovereign and self-reliant digital ecosystem and noted proposals for a BRICS digital public infrastructure repository and pilot projects.
• The grouping supported continued cooperation on submarine cable infrastructure and a feasibility study for a high-speed communication network linking BRICS countries.
• Cybersecurity cooperation was emphasized against malicious software, data-security threats, cybercrime, misinformation, hate speech, disinformation and deepfakes, with support for common ICT supply-chain standards.
• The declaration also addressed AI and intellectual property, quantum research infrastructure, a BRICS incubator network, a startup innovation fund, youth engagement, Industry 4.0, smart factories and robotics.