Overview
- The India AI Impact Summit will run from February 16 to 20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, described by organisers as the first major global AI summit hosted in the Global South.
- UN Secretary‑General António Guterres will attend, with UN agencies convening more than 30 side events on areas such as health, agriculture, digital public infrastructure and disaster risk reduction.
- India’s External Affairs Ministry says delegations from over 45 countries are participating, with several heads of state or government scheduled to join, including Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- Top technology and AI research figures are confirmed or slated to participate, including Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang, Bill Gates and Brad Smith.
- Government‑led preparatory steps included a pledge to impart age‑appropriate AI education from Class 3, IIM Lucknow’s launch of three AI‑focused programmes, and an IIT Bombay–Columbia University MoU to establish an AI centre for manufacturing.