India’s tech infra as public good can be emulated for AI across Global South, says ITU official

New Delhi: India deploying its massive technological infrastructure like Aadhaar and UPI as a public good instead of a for-profit commercial service serves as a highly replicable playbook for the Global South to drive AI diffusion, Fred Werner, chief of strategic engagement at UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) told ET.

“If India can scale technology for over a billion people, it can be adapted for a country of two million,” Werner said, adding that the country strongly demonstrates the essential preconditions required to safely adopt and scale AI.