The United States has “totally” rejected the idea of global governance of artificial intelligence, White House Technology Adviser Michael Kratsios said on Friday at the India AI Summit in New Delhi.
Kratsios, who is leading the US delegation at the summit, made the remarks ahead of an expected joint leaders' statement outlining a shared approach to managing artificial intelligence, news agency AFP reported.
"As the Trump administration has now said many times: We totally reject global governance of AI,” Kratsios said. He added that the technology cannot create a brighter future “if it is controlled by bureaucracies and central authorities".
He argued that discussions around AI are often driven by fear. “We must replace that fear with hope,” Kratsios said, adding that AI has the potential to “advance human flourishing and drive unprecedented prosperity.”
Shift From ‘AI Safety' To ‘AI Impact'
Kratsios noted that global discussions on artificial intelligence are evolving. He pointed to the summit's name change — from “AI Safety” in previous editions to “AI Impact” this year — as a sign of that shift.
The AI Impact Summit, now in its fourth year, is being held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The event has brought together dozens of world leaders and ministers to discuss the risks and opportunities linked to advanced computing and AI technologies.
Kratsios echoed comments made last year by US Vice President JD Vance at the Paris edition of the summit. Vance had warned that “excessive regulation” could “kill a transformative sector.”
In Delhi, Kratsios said that while AI's rapid evolution is a “positive development,” “too many international forums, such as the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance, maintain a general atmosphere of fear.”
He criticised what he described as “ideological, risk-focused obsessions, such as climate or equity,” saying they become “excuses for bureaucratic management and centralisation.” “In the name of safety, they increase the danger that these tools will be used for tyrannical control,” he said.
Kratsios also warned that focusing too heavily on safety and speculative risks “inhibits a competitive ecosystem, entrenches incumbents, and isolates developing countries from full participation in the AI economy.”
UN Forms Expert Panel On AI
Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that a new expert panel has been formed to strengthen human oversight of artificial intelligence.
According to AFP, Guterres said the advisory group aims to “make human control a technical reality.” The panel, created in August last year, is designed to serve as an AI counterpart to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). All 40 members of the group have now been confirmed.
The summit features around 700 sessions covering AI safety, governance, ethics, data protection, sovereign AI capabilities and the future of work.
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