88 countries sign New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact at India AI Impact Summit

Key facts

• 88 countries and international organisations, including the United States, China, France, Australia and the UK, signed the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact on Friday.
• The declaration was the key outcome document of the five-day India AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi.
• Signatories endorsed a Charter for the Democratic Diffusion of AI to promote access to foundational AI resources and support locally relevant innovation.
• The Global AI Impact Commons was noted as a voluntary platform to encourage adoption and scale-up of successful AI use cases across regions.
• The Trusted AI Commons was endorsed as a collaborative platform consolidating technical resources, tools, benchmarks and best practices.
• The declaration backed creation of an International Network of AI for Science Institutions to connect scientific communities and pool AI research capabilities.
• Signatories endorsed voluntary guiding principles for reskilling in the age of AI and a playbook on AI workforce development.
• Voluntary Guiding Principles on Resilient, Innovative, and Efficient Artificial Intelligence were also noted in the declaration.