Davos 2025: Countries that invest in AI systems will have geopolitical advantage, says AI godfather Yoshua Bengio

Countries that invest in building their artificial intelligence (AI) systems will have a geopolitical advantage in the future, said Canadian computer scientist and a pioneer of artificial neural networks and deep learning Yoshua Bengio.

Speaking to Moneycontrol at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bengio said, "The countries that have their own AI systems, are likely to have a geo-political advantage in the future. So, we are seeing more and more countries willing to invest in their own autonomous systems."

Bengio's comments come in response to Moneycontrol's question on whether India should build its on foundational model or work on developing applications on top of existing models.

The AI pioneer's statement also comes at a time when the outgoing Biden administration has introduced restrictions on the export of AI technologies, including chips and models. Export to India including 140 other countries, is subject to restrictions beyond a certain threshold.