Power & governance · Policy position
AI sovereignty
Catalogued:
What it means
The aim of retaining meaningful control over AI infrastructure, data, capabilities and critical dependencies. Governments, regions and institutions use the term differently. It can mean resilient procurement and local capacity, or a more expansive program of national technological autonomy.
The strongest case
Dependence on distant providers can limit bargaining power and expose essential services to external policy changes. Local expertise and linguistic capacity can improve resilience and democratic choice.
The difficult part
Complete independence may be costly or unrealistic across chips, software and energy. Sovereignty can become a slogan for protectionism or surveillance. Control by a domestic institution is not automatically control by the people affected.
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