AI for Good Global Summit 2025

Current Context: AI for Good Global Summit 2025 held from 8–11 July 2025 at Palexpo, Geneva, co-convened by the Swiss Government and organized by ITU with 40+ UN agencies.

• Chairperson: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of ITU, chaired the summit.
• Theme & Goal: Theme was “We Are the AI Generation” — aiming to promote trustworthy, inclusive, and sustainable AI aligned with the UN SDGs.
• India’s Role: India’s Karanvir Singh proposed a Global AI Trade Justice Charter and held talks with UNCTAD, WTO, and World Bank, advocating ethical and inclusive AI.
• WHO Recognition: On 12 July, WHO released its first technical brief praising India’s leadership in AI-integrated traditional medicine.

Major Tracks:

• AI Governance Day (10 July): Focused on global policy gaps
• AI Standards Exchange (11 July): Promoted interoperability and technical alignment

Other Highlights: Featured tech demos (flying cars, BCI, farm bots), youth robotics challenge, and AI for Good Awards celebrating impact-driven innovation.

Question:

Q.1 Who chaired the AI for Good Global Summit 2025?
a) António Guterres
b) Karanvir Singh
c) Doreen Bogdan-Martin
d) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Answer: c) Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), chaired the summit.