Indian telecom and business titans Mukesh Ambani (CMD, Reliance Industries) and Sunil Bharti Mittal (Founder & Chairman, Bharti Enterprises) have been named founding members and commissioners of the newly launched AI for Good Global Commission.
Convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)—the United Nations’ specialized agency for information and communication technologies—the commission brings together over 40 global leaders, including heads of state, tech CEOs, and UN agency chiefs.
Leadership of the Commission
The high-level global body is steered by a prominent mix of political, technology, and diplomatic leaders:
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Co-Chair: Paul Kagame (President of Rwanda)
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Co-Chair: Marc Benioff (Chair & CEO of Salesforce)
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Vice-Chair: Doreen Bogdan-Martin (Secretary-General of the ITU)
Core Mandate & Core Pillars
Modeled after the successful ITU and UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, this new commission aims to establish practical pathways to unlock artificial intelligence’s potential to solve massive global issues. The body will focus heavily on three core pillars:
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AI Trust: Fostering public confidence through the promotion of responsible, ethical, and safe AI development frameworks.
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AI Access: Bridging the digital divide by accelerating AI infrastructure development, data readiness, and technical capacity building globally.
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AI Impact: Scaling the deployment of AI solutions to aggressively tackle real-world global challenges at the rapid speed the technology demands.
Inaugural Gathering in Geneva
The AI for Good Global Commission will hold its very first inaugural meeting during the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit taking place from July 7–10, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The summit is part of a broader UN “Digital Week” in Geneva, which also includes the first UN-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance and the WSIS Forum.
