Democratizing AI: Conceptualizing US-India Collaboration

The U.S.-India joint statement issued after Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to Washington in President Trump’s second term set forth an ambitious bilateral agenda on artificial intelligence — to collaborate on “innovations in AI models and building AI applications for solving societal challenges while addressing the protections and controls necessary to protect these technologies.” The Stimson Center’s Strategic Foresight Hub and South Asia programs join in discussion to conceptualize how open-source AI development—in the United States, India, and collaboratively—can support both countries’ efforts to build a robust domestic AI ecosystem.