Open Source: How Middle Powers Can Build Influence in the Age of AI

2026

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1) This report argues that middle powers can leverage open-source AI to build influence and capture value in the age of AI, rather than competing directly with frontier AI developers.
2) * Explores how open-source AI can be a strategic lever for middle powers to build national capabilities and retain agency in a concentrated global AI landscape.
* Details the advantages of an open ecosystem, including fostering sovereign capability, reimagining the state, driving economic value, and enhancing security and collaboration.
* Provides five key policy recommendations for governments to develop a leading open-source AI ecosystem, focusing on strategic data sets, procurement, and international collaboration.
3) AI, Open Source, Middle Powers, Influence, Strategy

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