At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, China proposed an open-source artificial intelligence community for developing nations. While this offers Indian developers potential access to advanced, cost-effective large language models, India is expected to balance this with its sovereign 'IndiaAI' mission and strict data localisation norms.

This article is authored by Sagar Vishnoi, co-founder and director, Future Shift Labs.

Xi Jinping also told the event in New Delhi that the bloc should play a ‘due role’ in bringing peace to the Middle East.

BRICS leaders on Saturday recognised artificial intelligence as a major opportunity for economic growth and sustainable development, while calling for international cooperation to…