Project Liberty Institute to Address India AI Summit

- The Project Liberty Institute is the steward of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), an open-source public utility designed to create a shared social layer on the internet that is not controlled by a single platform. - Tomicah Tillemann, PLI's President, previously served as a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz, a senior advisor to two U.S. Secretaries of State, and a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton. - The India AI Impact Summit is the first global AI summit to be hosted in the Global South and will focus on translating dialogue into measurable outcomes. - Project Liberty was founded in 2019 by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt with a $500-million commitment to build a more equitable internet and digital ecosystem. - One of the key sessions led by PLI is titled "Building Trust: Digital Infrastructure Fit for the AI Era," and is a partnership with the Stanford Institute on Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the Global Solutions Initiative. - The Institute collaborates with a network of academic institutions, including Georgetown University, Stanford University, and MIT, to research and develop new models of digital governance. - Key themes of the summit, organized into seven "Chakras" (working groups), include "Safe & Trusted AI," "Inclusion for Social Empowerment," and "AI for Economic Development & Social Good." - Speakers at the PLI-led session will include representatives from the United Nations Development Programme and the Digital India Foundation, highlighting the global and local focus of the discussion.