<div dir="ltr"><p>Dear colleagues,</p><p>I would like to share a new paper developed by members of the <a href="https://globalsouthalliance.net/" target="_blank">Global South Alliance</a>. T<span style="background-color:transparent">his study was conducted within the Alliance’s BRICS Working Group and provides a brief discursive analysis of AI governance.</span></p><p>We mapped the main concepts present in the <strong>2025 BRICS Leaders’ Statement on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence</strong> and compared them with documents from UNESCO, the UN, the G20, and other international AI governance processes, identifying convergences, shifts, and gaps that help anticipate the directions of global governance. The analysis points to the emergence of an agenda in which digital sovereignty, data governance, international cooperation, technical standards, sustainability, and addressing discriminatory biases are no longer treated as isolated issues, but instead form part of a <strong>broader vision of technological autonomy and development.</strong></p><p><b>The paper also puts forward a set of policy recommendations grounded in the findings of the analysis,</b> aimed at informing ongoing discussions on global AI governance.<strong></strong></p><p>We hope you find it a productive read.</p><p>Please do not hesitate to reach out if you would like to discuss any of the points further.</p><p>Best regards,</p><p>------------------------------------</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GSA Secretariat</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,100,163);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:jaqueline@dataprivacybr.org" target="_blank">jaqueline@dataprivacybr.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,100,163);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:louise@dataprivacybr.org" target="_blank">louise@dataprivacybr.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,100,163);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:luize.ribeiro@dataprivacybr.org" target="_blank">luize.ribeiro@dataprivacybr.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://gsadigitallibrary.notion.site/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,100,163);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GSA Digital Library</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,100,163);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:digital.library@dataprivacybr.org" target="_blank">digital.library@dataprivacybr.org</a></span></p></div>