BRICS+ is Building an AI Empire

by New Rules [9-30-2025].

The numbers don't lie, and the strategy is clear: Digital Sovereignty.

CHINA: The undisputed leader.

🔸47.2% of the world's top-cited AI research.

🔸Global leader in AI patents.

🔸$150B+ in government funding.

Homegrown chips & LLMs from Baidu & Huawei competing directly with Google & OpenAI.

INDIA: Betting big on Sovereign AI.

🔸$1.2B "IndiaAI" mission.

🔸Building open-source models for Indian languages.

🔸Focus on agriculture, health, and education.

RUSSIA: AI as a national security imperative.

🔸"National AI Strategy 2030" with $1.2B+ funding.

🔸Focus on defense tech and automation.

THE BIG PICTURE: This is a coordinated push to break the Western stranglehold on AI.

The current stack is dominated by AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and models like GPT-4 trained on Western data. BRICS is fighting back:

🔸Developing sovereign LLMs (China's Ernie, Russia's GigaChat, India's Bhashini).

🔸Launching a $5B "Digital Sovereignty Fund" via the New Development Bank.

🔸Pursuing semiconductor independence (SMIC, CDAC).

They are even creating a parallel governance framework with the "BRICES Charter on Responsible AI," a direct challenge to the EU's AI Act.

BOTTOM LINE:

BRICS isn't just playing catch-up. They are building a complete, alternative AI ecosystem to challenge Western hegemony over data, infrastructure, and the very narrative of technological progress.