Global leaders launch AI for Good Global Commission

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, and ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin today announced the launch of the AI for Good Global Commission. 

The Commission brings together more than 40 Founding Members — including Heads of State and Government, industry CEOs and top executives, and Heads of UN agencies — to help define practical pathways to strengthen trust, expand access and unlock AI’s potential to solve real-world challenges at the speed the technology demands. 

The newly formed Commission occupies a unique position in the global AI landscape. By connecting leaders who build technology, deploy it at scale, shape policy and represent communities, the Commission seeks to help forge responsible AI solutions across sectors and borders while ensuring the participation of developing countries.

“One thing is certain: technology is supposed to be a force for good, and we have a responsibility to use it accordingly,” said President Kagame, Co-Chair of the Commission. “Let us work together to reduce inequality, and allow more and more of our citizens to benefit from the good AI can deliver to all of us.”

“The promise of AI is built on not only incredible opportunities for the growth of our economy, but on the foundation of trust that is required for our shared success,” said Benioff, Commission Co-Chair.

With 2.2 billion people still offline, one-quarter of the world is cut off from AI advancements. A key focus of the AI for Good Global Commission will be to bridge digital divides and help ensure that AI becomes a tool for solving global challenges, not deepening inequalities.

The new AI for Good Global Commission builds on the foundation of the multi-stakeholder  ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, which helped shape global priorities for connectivity, digital inclusion and economic development.

“No organization can single-handedly put AI at the service of all humanity,” said Bogdan-Martin, Vice-Chair of the Commission. “It will take collective leadership and the combined expertise of partners from across sectors to ensure AI benefits all people, everywhere.” 

Founding Members of the AI for Good Global Commission include:

1.       Co-Chair: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda 

2.       Co-Chair: Marc Benioff, Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce 

3.       Vice-Chair: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU 

4.       H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia 

5.       H.E. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland 

6.       H.E. Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Republic of Kazakhstan 

7.       Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture 

8.       Denis Machuel, CEO, The Adecco Group 

9.       H.E. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union 

10.   Andy Jassy, CEO and President, Amazon.com 

11.   Jack Clark, Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, Anthropic 

12.   Lakshmi N. Mittal, Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal

13.   Jesper Brodin, Chair, The B Team, and Senior Advisor, IKEA Foundation 

14.   Cécile Béliot, CEO, Bel Group 

15.   Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises 

16.   Aidan Gomez, Co-Founder and CEO, Cohere 

17.   Vishal Talwar, President, FedEx Dataworks and Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, FedEx Corporation 

18.   Lu Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner, Fusion Fund 

19.   will.i.am, Founder and CEO, FYI.AI 

20.   James Manyika, President for Research, Labs, Technology & Society, Google and Alphabet 

21.   Anthony Tan, Co-founder and Group CEO, Grab 

22.   Vivek Badrinath, Director-General, GSMA 

23.   Father Eric Salobir, President, Human Technology Foundation and Expert to the Holy See 

24.   David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG

25.   Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft 

26.   Ralph Mupita, CEO and Group President, MTN Group 

27.   H.E. Emma Theofelus, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Namibia 

28.   H.E. Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria 

29.   Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, NVIDIA 

30.   Christel Heydemann, CEO, The Orange Group 

31.   Dr. Albert Bourla, CEO and Chairman, Pfizer 

32.   Cristiano Amon, CEO and President, Qualcomm Incorporated 

33.   Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited

34.   André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman, Roche Holding AG

35.   Ren Ito, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sakana AI 

36.   H.E. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information, Republic of Singapore

37.   Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO, Social Capital 

38.   Alexander De Croo, Administrator, UNDP

39.   Khaled El-Enany, Director-General, UNESCO

40.   H.E. Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, Togolese Republic

41.   Margherita Della Valle, Group CEO, Vodafone

42.   Daren Tang, Director General, WIPO

43.   Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, WTO

44.   Xu Ziyang, CEO and Executive Director, ZTE