BRICS to give Global South greater role in AI governance
BRICS nations are moving to expand the Global South's participation in shaping international AI governance frameworks. The initiative signals an effort to build influence over AI rules outside of Western-led institutions.
Why this matters: Most AI governance conversations happen in Washington, Brussels, or a handful of tech company boardrooms. That means the rules being written reflect a narrow slice of the world. BRICS pushing for a bigger Global South voice does not automatically mean better rules, but it does mean more countries at the table when decisions get made about how AI is built, deployed, and controlled. Who sets those standards matters. It shapes what protections exist, for whom, and who gets to decide when something goes wrong.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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