Navigating artificial intelligence: the Global South can lead the way

In the Global North, it’s corporations that tend to drive AI research and innovations, while across Africa, ‘communities of practice’ are in the driver’s seat, ensuring AI is safe, inclusive, rights-based, and sustainable.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is responsible for the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Canada should be proud of its leadership in funding these and other Southern-led AI innovations with huge global impacts, writes Julie Delahanty.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JULIE DELAHANTY

July 3, 2024

Ready or not, artificial intelligence is transforming our global landscape. The question is: how can we navigate the complex and rapidly evolving challenges and risks of artificial intelligence to arrive at its immense potential and benefit for humanity?

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