Sept 30, 2026, Cairo — The Global South Modernization Forum, themed AI wave: Opportunities and Challenges, said AI offers major innovation and development opportunities but raises governance risks. At the BRICS leaders' 18th meeting, Xi proposed using AI to empower new-type industrialization and promote open-source, inclusive access, framing AI development in a positive, upward direction. The forum said Global South economies are at a stage of removing development constraints, closing capability

Sept 30, 2026, Cairo — The Global South Modernization Forum, themed AI wave: Opportunities and Challenges, said AI offers major innovation and development opportunities but raises governance risks. At the BRICS leaders' 18th meeting, Xi proposed using AI to empower new-type industrialization and promote open-source, inclusive access, framing AI development in a positive, upward direction. The forum said Global South economies are at a stage of removing development constraints, closing capability gaps and shifting growth drivers, and should deploy AI to strengthen endogenous momentum.