Global majority countries must embed critical minerals into AI governance | Science

Over the past decade, a growing number of global majority countries – generally referred to as economically developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Oceania – have introduced national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. However, many of these frameworks overlook a critical dimension of AI governance: the strategic importance of critical minerals. As geopolitical tensions intensify around access to IT infrastructure, countries in the global majority must recognize that their mineral reserves represent levers to transform their respective positions in the global AI value chain.