Microsoft will invest $50B in “Global South” to bridge AI divide

(Justinas Vainilavičius – Cybernews) Artificial intelligence (AI) usage in North America, Europe, and other regions of the so-called Global North is currently twice as high as in Global South countries, which risk missing out on “the biggest opportunity of the 21st century,” Microsoft has warned. Microsoft said it is on pace to invest $50 billion by the end of the decade to help bring AI to countries across the Global South, announcing the plan at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 18th. The Global South refers to developing, emerging, or lower-income countries, mostly in the southern hemisphere, as opposed to wealthier, more industrialized nations of the Global North. – Microsoft will invest $50B in “Global South” to bridge AI divide | Cybernews