A new venture - the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI (PGIAI) was launched on the sidelines of 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), to harness the rapid advancement of AI in sustainable development globally.The PGIAI brings together the Department of State, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI.

Together they will commit more than $100 million, leveraging their combined expertise, resources, and networks to unlock AI’s potential as a powerful tool for sustainable development and improved quality of life, particularly in developing countries, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to safety, security, and trustworthiness in AI systems.

The scheme recognizes that effective and equitable AI solutions must be rooted in an understanding and respect for the diverse cultures, languages, and traditions of the communities they serve and as such, the PGIAI will focus on three areas: Firstly, to increase access to AI models, compute credit, and other AI tools. Secondly, to build human technical capacity; and thirdly to expand local datasets