New Delhi, May 20 -- Growing fragmentation in global Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulations and standards could weaken international cyber collaboration and make coordinated responses to cyber threats increasingly difficult, John Khiangte, Director of Government Affairs at Microsoft, said today.

"What we are increasingly seeing, and because of the volatile nature of the global geopolitics and everybody sort of trying to regulate the AI systems in their own way, we are seeing that it is increasingly becoming fragmented. And when fragmentation happens, it is difficult for collaboration to happen," Khiangte said while addressing FICCI's CyberComm 2026.

Khiangte said there is a need to establish foundational standards for AI infrastructur...