There is an urgent need to close the artificial intelligence (AI) divide between the Global North and South, Microsoft Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith, said here on Wednesday.

The term “Global South” gained popularity in the 1990s as a neutral alternative to “Third World,” which had become outdated and derogatory. Paired with the terms “Global North,” these labels were ...

Addressing the India AI Impact Summit, Microsoft's Brad Smith highlighted building infrastructure, investing in skilling up ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) usage in North America, Europe, and other regions of the so-called Global North is currently twice as high as in Global South countries, which risk missing out on “the ...

Can the West foster a fair and democratic process for artificial intelligence (AI) governance, or will capitalist and business interests dominate? This question has polarized the Global South, ...

Microsoft's Brad Smith says AI will decisively shape the global economic balance, either closing or widening the North-South divide. At the India AI Impact Summit, PM Modi expressed optimism, calling ...

US technology major Microsoft has said it is on pace to invest $50 billion by the end of this decade to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure, skilling and innovation across countries in the ...

Just as unequal access to electricity entrenched economic gaps between the North and South, unequal access to AI could cement a new inequality, it said ...

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, highlighted the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in shaping global equity. Smith warned that AI will either ...