We are delighted to announce the publication of two special thematic sections in the African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), focused on AI sovereignty in the BRICS countries
These thematic sections, published in AJIC Issues No. 34 and No. 35, explore how Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are shaping their policies, strategies, and regulatory models to foster greater control and autonomy over artificial intelligence technologies and infrastructures.
From Luca Belli’s, CyberBRICS Director, introductory article:
The CyberBRICS project, hosted since 2018 by the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro is a multidisciplinary research programme dedicated to analysis of digital policies in the BRICS countries. CyberBRICS and AJIC share the goal of publishing high-quality and impactful research on crucial digital issues affecting the Global South and promoting analyses that reflect the perspectives of leading Global Southern countries. Our current focus at CyberBRICS, on the various facets of AI sovereignty, builds upon the previous phases of our research, which were dedicated to cybersecurity, data governance, digital transformation, and digital sovereignty.
📘 AJIC Issue No. 35
Thematic Section: BRICS Countries and AI Sovereignty – Part II
- How are BRICS countries building AI sovereignty? Introduction to Thematic Section
Luca Belli
PDF - Towards AI sovereignty: The good, the bad, and the ugly of AI policy in India
Jai Vipra
PDF - Russia’s securitised approach to AI sovereignty
Alexander Ignatov, Danil Kerimi
PDF - Understanding interrelationships between AI and digital public infrastructure (DPI) in India and Brazil
Amrita Sengupta, Alexandre Costa Barbosa, Mila Samdub
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📰 Access the full issue of AJIC here: https://ajic.wits.ac.za/issue/view/1327
📘 AJIC Issue No. 34
Thematic Section: BRICS Countries and AI Sovereignty
🔹 Thematic Section Introduction
BRICS countries and AI sovereignty: Introduction to Thematic Section
By Luca Belli
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🔹 Regulation in pursuit of artificial intelligence (AI) sovereignty: China’s mix of restrictive and facilitative modalities
By Aifang Ma
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🔹 Brazil’s Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA) of 2024: Enabler of AI sovereignty?
By Germano P. Johansson Neto, Viviane C. Farias da Costa, Walter Britto Gaspar
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📰 Access the full issue of AJIC here: https://ajic.wits.ac.za/issue/view/1251
We congratulate the authors and thank AJIC for hosting this important conversation on the governance of AI in the Global South.