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Xi Jinping to Lead BRICS AI Open-Source Drive

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Xi Jinping announced China will lead a BRICS AI open-source community at 18th Summit in New Delhi on 12 September.
He also proposed a BRICS digital cloud platform, engineer alliance, and youth exchange.
Experts said the plan aims to expand China’s AI partner network and outpace the United States.
U.S. officials alleged Chinese firms performed aggressive malicious distillation of U.S. AI models on 8 September 2026.

History

Historical Context

In July 2015 BRICS leaders signed the treaty establishing the New Development Bank with $100 billion authorized capital, headquartered in Shanghai. China then created the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in December 2015 to broaden its global financing role. Xi Jinping’s September 2026 pledge at the New Delhi BRICS summit to launch an AI open-source community continues this pattern of using multilateral institutions to counter Western tech dominance.

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Story summary

Xi Jinping announced China will lead a BRICS AI open-source community at 18th Summit in New Delhi on 12 September.
He also proposed a BRICS digital cloud platform, engineer alliance, and youth exchange.
Experts said the plan aims to expand China’s AI partner network and outpace the United States.
U.S. officials alleged Chinese firms performed aggressive malicious distillation of U.S. AI models on 8 September 2026.

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