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Xi’s open-source AI pitch: A reminder of why Delhi endorses a third way forward

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Source: Hindustan Times | Original Published At: 2026-09-14 07:17:48 UTC

Key Points

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed establishing a BRICS open-source artificial intelligence community at the outreach session of the BRICS Summit.
  • Xi said China would be a pioneer in the initiative, build an open ecosystem for AI, and support cooperation on developing and applying large language models.
  • The proposal was presented as part of five trade and technology initiatives and follows Beijing's creation of the World AI Cooperation Organisation.
  • India has not yet publicly responded to the BRICS AI open-source community proposal.
  • The article compares the BRICS initiative with India and France's third-way AI framework announced at the Delhi AI Impact Summit.
  • It notes that Xi's proposal includes pooled compute, shared foundation models, joint training courses and research collaboration across BRICS members.
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