Geopolitics
The New Digital Empire: How AI Search Gatekeepers Are Reshaping Geopolitics and Marginalizing the Global South
The foundational model of digital influence is shifting from a list of links to conversational AI-driven answers, with platforms like Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT Search becoming central gatekeepers of information. This seismic shift away from traditional web rankings towards a new paradigm of 'inclusion' in AI-generated summaries represents a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a few Western tech giants, threatening to impose their algorithmic worldviews and marginalize the authentic voices and knowledge systems of the Global South.
