Global Leaders Unveil AI For Good Global Commission To Expand Access, Strengthen Trust And Accelerate Impact
Initiative brings together leaders from government, business and international organizations to advance practical pathways to unlocking AI’s potential
By Sonia Meetes, Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent, Switzerland
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, and ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin have 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.”
The AI for Good Global Commission will have its inaugural meeting during ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit 2026 (7-10 July) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Summit is part of Digital Week, a series of digital cooperation events taking place in Geneva from 6-10 July, which also includes the first UN-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance (6-7 July) and the WSIS Forum 2026 (6-10 July).
Founding Members of the AI for Good Global Commission include:
- Co-Chair: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
- Co-Chair: Marc Benioff, Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce
- Vice-Chair: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
- President of the Republic of Estonia , H.E. Alar Karis
- President of Iceland , H.E. Halla Tómasdóttir
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Zhaslan Madiyev
- Chair and CEO, Accenture , Julie Sweet
- CEO, The Adecco Group, Denis Machuel,
- Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union, H.E. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge
- CEO and President, Amazon.com , Andy Jassy
- Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, Anthropic , Jack Clark
- Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi N. Mittal
- Chair, The B Team, and Senior Advisor, IKEA Foundation, Jesper Brodin
- CEO, Bel Group , Cécile Béliot
- Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises , Sunil Bharti Mittal
- Co-Founder and CEO, Cohere, Aidan Gomez
- President, FedEx Dataworks and Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, FedEx Corporation , Vishal Talwar
- Founder and Managing Partner, Fusion Fund , Lu Zhang
- Founder and CEO, FYI.AI , will.i.am
- President for Research, Labs, Technology & Society, Google and Alphabet , James Manyika
- Co-founder and Group CEO, Grab , Anthony Tan
- Director-General, GSMA , Vivek Badrinath
- President, Human Technology Foundation and Expert to the Holy See, Father Eric Salobir
- CEO, LSEG, David Schwimmer
- Vice Chair and President, Microsoft, Brad Smith
- CEO and Group President, MTN Group, Ralph Mupita
- Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Namibia , H.E. Emma Theofelus
- Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria , H.E. Dr. Bosun Tijani
- Founder and CEO, NVIDIA , Jensen Huang
- CEO, The Orange Group , Christel Heydemann
- CEO and Chairman, Pfizer , Dr. Albert Bourla
- CEO and President, Qualcomm Incorporated , Cristiano Amon
- Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani
- Vice Chairman, Roche Holding AG, André Hoffmann
- Co-Founder and Chairman, Sakana AI , Ren Ito
- Minister for Digital Development and Information, Republic of Singapore, H.E. Josephine Teo
- Founder and CEO, Social Capital , Chamath Palihapitiya
- Administrator, UNDP, Alexander De Croo
- Director-General, UNESCO, Khaled El-Enany
- Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, Togolese Republic, H.E. Cina Lawson
- Group CEO, Vodafone, Margherita Della Valle
- Director General, WIPO, Daren Tang
- Director-General, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- CEO and Executive Director, ZTE, Xu Ziyang,
