Xi Jinping announces China to lead BRICS AI collaboration initiative at New Delhi summit, pledging open-source community, language model development and digital training platform for developing nations.

Xi says China will take lead to foster AI, tech cooperation among BRICS countries

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, China's President Xi Jinping arrives before the start of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty ImagesChina will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing countries, President Xi Jinping said at the BRICS bloc summit in New Delhi.China will pioneer the establi...