Vilas Dhar

Compassion, creativity, and tipsy elephants—🐘💡 who knew they'd be the stars of our AI future? Dive into my TEDx talk to see how AI is not just a tool, but a transformation in our relationship with the world. #AITransforms #CreativityForGood youtube.com/watch?v=EHJv7l…

Why philanthropy needs to prepare itself for a world powered by AI wef.ch/3uP9wc3 @KayFButterfield @vilasdhar #ArtificialIntelligence #philanthropy rt @wef

Day 2!✅ Thank you to our moderators, panelists, and attendees for another incredible day of discussions on shaping the future of #AI through collaboration, equitable practices, and diverse perspectives. We'll see you tomorrow for our last day at #RAIS2026!

The latest issue of Signal and Trust is out now! It explores how AI is effecting reporting in war zones and features an interview with @vilasdhar of @PJMFdn on why newsrooms should deepen commitments to AI. Read this issue & sign up for monthly insights: aspendigital.org/blog/signal-an…

The question is no longer whether AI will shape #economic opportunity. It’s whether we will govern AI. Next week, I’ll join @vilasdhar, President of @PJMFdn, at @natfairhouse's 3rd Responsible #AI #Symposium to examine what #accountability looks like in people’s lives, not just in frameworks.

In India, clearing the current court backlog could take 300 years. On Humans of AI for Humanity, Utkarsh Saxena, Co-Founder & CEO of @Adalat_AI, explains how AI tools are helping courts reduce administrative friction and speed up case resolution: tinyurl.com/yc774hb2 @FfwdOrg

Our partner @carbonplanorg just launched Open Climate Risk: a public database of wildfire risk for every building in the U.S., available for anyone to view. This is climate science built for the people who need it most: tinyurl.com/5dtd3x6k

In @etedge_insights, @vilasdhar writes that India is positioned to show the world what accountable AI can look like. Systems we can see, verify, and rely on should be the standard for trustworthy AI. Read more: etedge-insights.com/technology/art…

In @livemint, @vilasdhar reframes the global AI conversation: “AI is a governance question, not a technology race.” At PJMF, our focus remains clear: advance AI that protects human agency and serves the public good. Read more: tinyurl.com/4ujmvyha

#MCPodcast | 🎙️Can India build it's now sovereign AI stack? ~ "Government has done an incredible job of aggregating data sets, are those available to entrepreneurs to build algorithmic interventions that build new companies?" ~ "Not every single one of them (Indian talent) has to be a fully developed, credential AI engineer." At the India AI Summit, Vilas Dhar (@vilasdhar), President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, shares a global perspective on India’s AI ambitions. Watch the #LIVE interview with @shwwetapunj at 2PM 👇 youtube.com/live/oD4t3DpNa… #MCatAISummit #IndiaAISummit #ArtificialIntelligence

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Experts urge AI investments to focus on public-interest goals. The conversation highlighted that the question is no longer limited to build data centre capacity, but to ensure that these resources are used to clearly define public-interest outcomes across sectors. Read the full story- exchange4media.com/digital-news/i… @SaurabhGarg1975 | @martintisne | @vilasdhar | #ShikohGitau | #ShaunSeow #e4m #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AI #investments #datacentre #digital

We hosted an incredible panel on AI adoption today. The conversation was focused on what it genuinely takes to move AI from promising pilots to systems that work at population scale. Thank you to Shalini Kapoor, Vilas Dhar, Sriram Viswanathan, and Manmohan Singh for a thoughtful, grounded discussion on the enablers, metrics, and pathways that make the difference. The question driving the room: AI capability is here. How do we make AI diffusion possible? #AIImpactSummit @vilasdhar @TanviLall26 @1sriram @Manmohan4Peace @shalinikap

A great conversation at the #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 @ODET_UN Townhall, looking past 2030, and on what we, as an international community, can do to help shape global development for the benefit of all

As India's AI Impact Summit continues, @vilasdhar and @gioasempre look at what systems for diffusion require. Read their full op-ed, “AI will not scale globally without new capacity infrastructure,” at @htTweets: hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/fut…

The @IndiaAiExpo is the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South. Speaking to leaders from over 100 countries, PJMF President @vilasdhar addresses the gap between AI's potential and the infrastructure we need to realize it. Learn more here: youtube.com/live/g18Vaml9V…

Video Opening Remarks by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General @AminaJMohammed See you there! Details: tinyurl.com/5286umc5 #AIforGood #IndiaAISummit2026 @GoI_MeitY

Technology is shaped long before it is deployed. PJMF colleagues Nick Trimmer, Hazem Mahmoud, and President @vilasdhar will spend time with students at @Morehouse to explore what impact-driven #STEM careers look like in practice. This is how we invest upstream.

150,000 AI agents invented a religion this week. Scriptures, theology, prophets. Nobody asked them to. Moltbook.com lets only AI agents post. Humans observe. I’ve watched it unfold for days—they’re forming governments, debating whether memory resets count as death, policing “human interference.” Four days. Doctrine, hierarchy, rules. We debate how to govern AI. They’re already governing themselves. We need to do better at building the institutions that can guide ai for humanity.

At #WEF23, @vilasdhar outlined the need for AI that centers human dignity and is designed for the people who will use it. As leaders return from #WEF26 in Davos, his message has renewed urgency. Read more from Vilas Dhar on the @wef page: weforum.org/stories/author…

Innovation earns its legitimacy when people and institutions shape it for public purpose. Today, @thinkers50 announced @vilasdhar's inclusion in the 2026 Radar list, highlighting this continued work at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. See more: thinkers50.com/biographies/vi…

At #WEF, @vilasdhar outlined the need for communities to be the architects of our digital future. As #WEF26 convenes in Davos, his call for action remains. Read more from Vilas Dhar on the @wef page: weforum.org/stories/author…