1、 2025 Observer Research Foundation.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,copied,archived,retained or transmitted through print,speech or electronic media without prior written approval from ORF.SPECIALREPORTno.276The Future of Global A.I.Siddharth YadavS E P T E M B E R 2

2、 0 2 52As the global economy moves towards ubiquitous digitisation,the demand for and generation of data is experiencing exponential growth,as are computational requirements and user adoption of AI products and services.This growth is forcing big-tech incumbents to expand capital expenditure.Undergi

3、rding this dynamic is the confluence of increasing frontier model training costs and plummeting inference costs.Revenue streams of AI companies are further being strained due to the rise of open-source systems offering competitive performance.To explore this techno-economic matrix,this report analys

4、es the findings of BONDs Trends in Artificial Intelligence report released in May 2025.The analysis is followed by recommendations for accelerating adoption through inclusive practices,supporting infrastructure development and strategic capacity-building in the Middle East and India.AbstractAttribut

5、ion:Siddharth Yadav,“The Future of Global A.I.,”ORF Special Report No.276,Observer Research Foundation,September 2025.3Artificial Intelligence(AI)a technology that was once conjured in the accelerationist dreams of science-fiction writers to challenge conventional notions of human identity through a

6、 technological otherhas now found its way into national and global discourses on the future of geopolitical and geo-economic formations.Nations have begun racing to leave their footprint on the digital foundations of the future.BONDs Trends in Artificial Intelligence report of May 2025 attempts to q