// EQUALITY: DIGITALISATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
As the Global South risks being sidelined in an AI contest dominated by the US and China, G20 members must champion inclusive AI development by empowering local talent, fostering regional innovation and ensuring that technological progress reflects the needs of all Ensuring the Global South has a meaningful place in the AI race
A rtificial intelligence is critically important to the countries of the Global South. If deployed well, suitably customised for local circum- stances, and overseen by experts in and of the Global South, AI has the poten- tial to help all countries make massive strides in education, health care, agri- culture and economic development, to name a few compelling applications for AI. At the same time, the profound rivalry between the United States and China threatens to leave smaller, non-aligned countries on the sidelines of AI diffu- sion, let alone in mastering advanced large language models that are playing central roles in civil society and national security. The G20 has an important role in bringing the benefits of AI to a wide range of countries, and South Africa, as George Takach, author, Cold War 2.0
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