[Air-L] Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, interview series (AI Now!)

[Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann]

Hi there,

The 2026 AI Impact Summit in India is the latest iteration of an event that has become a bellwether for global discourse around the AI industry, especially the question of whether, and how, it can be governed. But it also demonstrates how important ideas can be invoked in ways that dilute their meaning or co-opt their force.

This series—produced by AI Now Institute, Aapti Institute, and The Maybe—brings together leading advocates, builders, and thinkers from around the world who live and breathe substance, analysis, and meaningful action into these ideas.

Check it out here: https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/reframing-impact-ai-summit-2026

Table of Contents

Introduction: The India AI Impact Summit 2026: Early Forensics and Planting the Seeds for a People-Centered Alternative
Sumedha Deshmukh, Amba Kak, Astha Kapoor, and Mila Samdub

Data Rich
Karen Hao

Human Capital
Joan Kinyua

Climate
Naomi Klein

AI and Development
Usha Ramanathan

Frugal AI
Timnit Gebru

AI for Good
Abeba Birhane

Democratization
Audrey Tang

Accountability
Nikhil Dey

Linguistic Diversity
Chenai Chair

Multilateralism
Chinasa Okolo

Sovereignty
Rafael Grohmann

Open Source
Meredith Whittaker



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dr. Rafael Grohmann

Assistant Professor of Media Studies

Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann>

Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/>

University of Toronto

Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/>
Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/>

Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS>

Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/>

Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/>

Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-world-of-work>
Senior Fellow, Massey College<https://www.masseycollege.ca/>

Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>  <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>