By Mike Heuer
Publication Date: 2026-02-18 23:37:00
Feb. 18 (UPI) — Microsoft announced Wednesday it’s allocating $50 billion over the next 10 years to combat artificial inequality in low-income nations during an event in India.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company said it intends to bridge the AI divide among nations and ensure equal access to its many potential benefits. Company officials revealed the plan at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India.
The summit has made AI inequality among nations a focal point for its attendees, and Microsoft officials said a relative lack of access to electricity in the Global South when compared to the Global North has hindered the development of and access to AI in the world’s less-developed countries.
“Unless we act with urgency, a growing AI divide…
