New Delhi: The India AI Impact Summit 2026 has adopted the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, marking a significant milestone in global cooperation on artificial intelligence. The Declaration has been endorsed by a total of 88 countries and international organisations, reflecting a broad-based global consensus on leveraging AI for economic growth and social good.
The summit, which concluded yesterday, has seen widespread participation from across the globe. Guided by the principle of “Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya”, the Declaration underscores that the benefits of AI must be equitably shared across humanity.
In the Declaration, these countries have also expressed their commitment to continued cooperation for translating these aspirations into concrete actions for the three Sutras of the India AI Impact Summit 2026. These three Sutras include People, Planet and Progress.
The Declaration further calls for strengthening international cooperation and multistakeholder engagement across these countries along the seven Chakras (pillars) of the AI Impact Summit. These pillars are centred on the principles of development of human capital, broadening access for social empowerment, trustworthiness of AI systems, energy efficiency of AI systems, use of AI in science, democratising AI resources and use of AI for economic growth and social good.
These countries have taken note of the Charter for the Democratic Diffusion of AI as a voluntary and non-binding framework to promote access to foundational AI resources while respecting national laws. They also took note of the development of a voluntary and collaborative platform to facilitate the exchange of learning, knowledge, and scalable practices to advance AI adoption for social empowerment.
The countries have recognised that the Voluntary Guiding Principles on Resilient, Innovative, and Efficient Artificial Intelligence would guide them towards the development of resilient and efficient AI systems. The Summit is expected to catalyse long-term international partnerships and position AI as a key driver of economic growth.
