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G20 — Framework on Digital Public Infrastructure and Ethical AI Integration

Published1 January 2025

Issued by G20 Digital Economy Working Group.

Summary

The G20 framework linked AI governance with Digital Public Infrastructure, reflecting a stronger Global South emphasis in 2025. It framed ethical AI integration as dependent on public digital systems, sovereign capacity, and equitable access to infrastructure. The framework warned against developing countries becoming data sources for external AI developers without local benefit. It highlighted local storage, sovereign cloud services, domestic compute centres, and governance approaches that support national development. The framework positioned DPI as a foundation for inclusive AI adoption and data sovereignty.

Why it matters

AI governance linked to Digital Public Infrastructure; equitable access to infrastructure; prevention of extractive data practices; local storage; sovereign cloud services; domestic compute centres; Global South capacity and data sovereignty priorities.

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Record metadata

Country
G20
Region
Global
Organisation
G20 Digital Economy Working Group
Document type
Framework
Status
Published
Publication date
1 January 2025
Last updated
27 June 2026
Language
English
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G20 Digital Economy Working Group, Framework on Digital Public Infrastructure and Ethical AI Integration, 2025.

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@misc{g20_framework_digital_public_infrastructure_ethical_ai_integration_2025,
  title        = {G20 — Framework on Digital Public Infrastructure and Ethical AI Integration},
  author       = {G20 Digital Economy Working Group},
  year         = {2025},
  howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
  url          = {https://www.g20.org/}
}

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Recorded cross-references

  • UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/78/265
  • African Union Continental AI Strategy
  • Nigeria — Draft National AI Strategy

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