New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Digital rights activist and tech policy commentator Nikhil Pahwa on Wednesday described the ongoing India AI Summit as a “transformational moment”, saying the event could significantly accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across governance, industry and academia in the country.In a series of posts on X, the founder of MediaNama said that even if such large summits face organisational or agenda-related shortcomings, the scale of government attention ensures AI beco…
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New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday said Google is infusing artificial intelligence (AI) at all levels in India to improve healthcare, support startups, agriculture and more.Pichai earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and discussed India’s growing work in artificial intelligence and how Google can collaborate with the country’s talented students and professionals.“Great to meet with PM Modi this morning. We discussed how Google is helping with h…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Sovereignty in artificial intelligence will give India control over how systems are designed, deployed and governed and be used to solve healthcare, education, agriculture and financial‑inclusion challenges so citizens can access services in their own languages, senior policy makers said on Tuesday at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.Abhishek Singh, Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Tech…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) India will scale its compute capacity beyond the existing 38,000 GPUs with the addition of 20,000 GPUs in the coming weeks, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.He highlighted that this marks the next phase of India’s AI strategy, with a significant expansion of compute infrastructure and a focus on responsible AI deployment.Addressing the media at the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’, the minister reiterated that the focus remains on responsible AI develop…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Artificial intelligence is set to redefine what work means across almost every role, especially for knowledge workers, and the shift is happening much faster than the industrial age, Mihir Shukla, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of US-based Automation Anywhere said on Tuesday.In an interview with IANS, Shukla said AI will reshape what work means across nearly every function, particularly for knowledge workers.“Unlike the industrial age that evolved over decades, the AI tr…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, on Tuesday underscored the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India’s healthcare sector, asserting that technology must serve as a force multiplier to promote inclusivity and health equity.Speaking at the AI Impact Summit in the national Capital, Patel said the true strength of AI lies in its ability to bridge health inequities and support India’s governance model.“The real m…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Leading startup founders and experts on Monday said that artificial intelligence (AI) is not a luxury but a necessity, which will make service delivery easier for the masses in India, as the country kicked off the five-day ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ here.Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the mega event, Ankit Modi, founding member and Chief Product Officer at healthcare company Qure.ai, said that due to a large population, there is a lot of potential for AI develop…
Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) As India prepares to host the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi next week, Bipul Sinha, Chairman and Chief Executive of Rubrik, cast the gathering as a pivot point for a country seeking to move the global artificial intelligence debate away from fear and toward practical outcomes that reshape governments, businesses and daily life.Sinha told IANS in an exclusive interview that the timing of the summit “could not be better,” arguing that India is now examining artificial…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Artificial intelligence is at an inflection point globally, and India must treat data as its “next oil” if it wants to lead the next industrial revolution, Sunil Pal, Head of AI GPU Allocation at AMD, said ahead of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.“2026 is the year for AI,” Pal told IANS, describing the technology wave that began with ChatGPT’s release in 2022 as “like the fourth industrial revolution.”He said countries are racing to capture value i…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The national finale of India’s largest ‘GenAI Innovation Challenge’ will be held here on February 17, during a session at the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’, where over 300 students will get the opportunity to pitch their AI-solutions on a global stage to solve real-world social issues, it was announced on Friday.OpenAI Academy and NxtWave Disruptive Technologies said the ‘Buildathon,’ co-organised by them, will feature 300 students who have been selected from 70,00…