88 Nations & Organisations Sign The New Delhi Declaration On AI
After six days of deliberations and cross-border dialogue on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, as many as 88 countries and international organisations endorsed the New Delhi Declaration on artificial intelligence.
Rallying behind the declaration were nations like the US, Russia, China, South Korea, the UK, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Switzerland. Two organisations, namely the European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) also signed the charter.
Guided by the principle of ‘
- Democratising AI resources
- Economic growth and social good
- Secure and trusted AI
- AI for science
- Access for social empowerment
- Human capital development
- Resilient, efficient and innovative AI systems
The declaration also called on the signees to strengthen international cooperation and multi-stakeholder engagement in the area of artificial intelligence and advancing the technology through accessible and trustworthy frameworks.
In addition, the charter also called for the democratic diffusion of AI to promote access to AI resources and “strengthen resilient AI ecosystems while respecting national laws”.
In addition, the declaration also underscored the importance of open-source AI tools and the need for energy-efficient AI infrastructure. It also called for expanding the technology’s role in science, governance and public service delivery.
“We recognise that removing structural barriers to and increasing availability of AI research infrastructure can promote the use of AI in scientific research and development across countries. International scientific collaborations can unlock the potential of AI in research and development by bringing unique expertise, perspectives, and resources,” read the charter.
This comes after the five-day long India AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded amid much fanfare in New Delhi on February 20. Giving heft to the event were the likes of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai of Google, Anthropic CEO Darius Amodei, who descended upon the national capital to attend the much-touted summit.
Not just this, big tech giants committed billions of dollars to spruce up their local AI infrastructure in the country, while homegrown conglomerates like Reliance announced plans to invest INR 10 Lakh in AI over the next seven years.
However, it was the homegrown AI startup ecosystem that stole the spotlight at the event. Sarvam debuted its two indigeneously-built large language models (LLMs), called Sarvam-30B and Sarvam-105B, and unveiled AI-powered smart glasses called Kaze.
Meanwhile, Gnani.ai also launched Vachana TTS, a voice cloning system that supports 12 Indian languages with as little as 10 seconds of audio input. Meanwhile, the IIT Bombay-led BharatGen consortium unveiled Param2, a 17 Bn mixture-of-experts multilingual model.
At the heart of all this is India’s growing AI market, which is projected to become a $126 Bn opportunity by 2030.
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