China will lead the creation of an open source platform among BRICS members to promote cooperation on large language models, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
Xi said that BRICS countries should also accelerate efforts to establish a global artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework, as well as deepen trade ties, in remarks at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India.
The AI initiative would include establishing “specialised research and training on AI” for BRICS countries, with the aim of “building an open ecosystem for AI”, a readout of Xi’s speech from state broadcaster CCTV said.
He also proposed the development of a special economic zone for BRICS companies, adding that China would host a BRICS Service Trade Forum next year to boost trade and investment ties.
BRICS should “lay a solid foundation for practical cooperation,” he added.
At the summit's closing session, Xi said that 'Greater BRICS' nations should further co-operate, maintain the stability of industrial and supply chains, and cultivate an integrated market.
BRICS, an acronym for the grouping's founding and early members, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, positions itself as a counterweight to Western-led institutions such as the G7.
The bloc now also includes Iran, Indonesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as full members, in addition to around 10 partner countries.
China and Russia sometimes refer to this larger bloc as “Greater BRICS”.
The benefits of solutions developed within BRICS should not stay limited to BRICS alone, but should be made adaptable and accessible to meet the needs of the Global South, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in remarks earlier.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called BRICS a powerful driving force towards creating a new, fairer and multipolar world order, urging its members to find ways to combine the competitive advantages of their individual economies.
The summit comes amid renewed fighting in the Middle East between Iran and the U.S., as well as a fresh wave of fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
The weekend summit scored an important diplomatic goal on Saturday, when it managed to forge consensus on a joint declaration backed by Iran and the UAE.
The declaration expressed deep concern over the continued escalation of tensions in the Middle East and urged the exercise of maximum restraint.
Separately, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, on the sidelines of the summit, in the highest-level meeting of the two countries' officials since the start of the conflict.
A building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in ...
Russian strikes killed ...
A former Ukrainian military officer has gone on trial in Germany, accused of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions that disrupted ...
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
A building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked late Tuesday, causing a limited fire, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Wednesday. The incident came as fighting between the kingdom and Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi group intensify.
Thousands of young Georgians leave the country each year in search of better economic opportunities, with many moving west. As questions grow over Georgia’s European path, AnewZ spoke to people who have emigrated about what it would take for them to return.
Russian strikes killed three people in Kyiv and plunged hundreds of thousands into darkness overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, in an attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called “ostentatious disrespect” to Donald Trump's peace effort.
A former Ukrainian military officer has gone on trial in Germany, accused of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions that disrupted a major route for Russian gas supplies to Europe.
Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, a judicial body which settles maritime disputes, to halt British-authorised oil activity near the Falkland Islands, escalating a sovereignty dispute over the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Cornell University has prohibited parties and social gatherings at fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year following allegations of a gang rape in 2024, as criticism mounts over the institution’s handling of the case.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will depart on Saturday (17 October) on a five-day trip to India and Uzbekistan, the State Department said, adding that he will discuss energy cooperation in India.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment