The risks and benefits of AI are unevenly distributed within societies and across the globe. Governance regimes are drastically different in various regions of the world, as are the political and ethical implications of AI technologies. • How do we better understand how AI technologies operate around the world and the range of risks they carry for different societies? • Are there global claims about the implications of AI that can apply everywhere around the globe? If so, what are they? • What can we learn from AI’s impacts on labor, environment, public health and agriculture in diverse settings?