PM Modi Calls for Wider AI Access at G7
The message put AI access at the center of global technology governance, linking model availability, cyber resilience and Global South inclusion in a debate increasingly shaped by export controls and allied coordination.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the G7 outreach session in Évian-les-Bains, France, to call for broader access to artificial intelligence systems, arguing that AI should empower people rather than widen the gap between countries.
Speaking at the session on “Ensuring a Safe, Rapid and Efficient Rollout of Artificial Intelligence,” Modi said AI had the potential to redefine the direction of human civilization, but its real test would be whether it helped ordinary people.
“The real test of AI is not how powerful our machines become,” Modi said. “Its real test is how empowered the common human being becomes.”
Modi linked the message to India’s AI Impact Summit and its MANAV, or human-centric, approach to AI. He said AI systems should be anchored in inclusion, security and public good.
He also framed access to AI models as a cybersecurity issue. India, he said, has long viewed cyberspace as a global public good, and democratic countries should have access to AI models that can help protect critical information infrastructure and respond to cyber threats.
Modi proposed four priorities for global AI governance: safe-by-design systems, common standards and testing frameworks, stronger regulatory guidelines, cooperation against deepfakes and cyber fraud, and wider access for countries in the Global South.
“AI must expand human potential, empower human choice and protect human dignity,” he said.
The session brought together political leaders and top AI executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.
Their presence gave the G7 discussion a sharper industry edge.
Amodei urged leaders to “resist the temptation to splinter” over AI, after US restrictions on Anthropic’s latest models raised concerns about access to frontier systems among allies and technology companies.
Altman and Hassabis backed calls for closer cooperation on AI evaluation, testing and shared standards.
