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All major countries on board to sign AI Delhi declaration: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said all major AI-relevant nations have signed the New Delhi Declaration, as India secured major investment pledges and prepared the next phase of its AI mission

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 11:46 PM IST

India has incredible opportunity in AI-led transformation: Qualcomm CEO

AI will bring about a fundamental change, creating new devices, experiences and services, offering a 'massive opportunity', which offers India an 'incredible' chance to benefit from the transformation, Qualcomm President and Chief Executive Officer Cristiano Amon said on Friday. For a country like India that leapfrogged the internet and went straight to the mobile internet, it is "going to be true again" about AI, he said while speaking at the AI Impact Summit here. He further said in terms of the potential, as AI is going to "change everything, create new devices, new experiences, new services" that become a massive opportunity. Pointing out opportunities for India, Amon said, "There is a process of jumping into large-scale industrialisation. India is becoming a global manufacturing hub as well. With AI, you go from the very beginning with smart manufacturing, automation with the incredible change that is happening in this sector, enabled by those technologies." Similarly, he said

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 2:34 PM IST

US promotes AI sovereignty, exports at India AI impact summit 2026

The summit also served as a platform to unveil several new initiatives under the American AI Exports Programme

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 1:54 PM IST

AI sovereignty doesn't imply digital isolation: Yotta CEO Sunil Gupta

Sovereignty in artificial intelligence (AI) does not imply isolation or complete self-reliance, but rather strategic control, Sunil Gupta, MD and CEO of Yotta Data Services, said on Friday. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026, Gupta stressed that global interdependence in technology is inevitable. "We will always remain interconnected and interdependent across the world." He further said that some countries will excel at chips, others at raw materials, data, models, talent, or capital, so "collaboration is essential". However, he clarified that sovereignty does not mean attempting to build everything domestically or turning inward. Instead, it means ensuring that no single country or company can dictate a nation's digital future. "Sovereignty is also confused with (the idea that) we will do everything ourselves. We'll start looking inwards. We will isolate ourselves from the rest of the world, and everything is done by us... Sovereignty, for sure, does not mean we become isolated

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 12:42 PM IST

L&T's Vyoma signs pact with Lexlegis to host Legal AI on sovereign cloud

The collaboration will see Lexlegis Legal AI hosted and operated on Vyoma's Sovereign Cloud, ensuring that sensitive legal and regulatory data remains stored within India

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 12:28 PM IST

AI Summit day 5: Traffic curbs on key Delhi roads today; check details

Traffic restrictions will be in place across key Delhi roads during peak hours as VVIP movement linked to the AI Impact Summit is scheduled. Commuters are advised to plan ahead

Updated On: 20 Feb 2026 | 9:55 AM IST

AI changing entry-level jobs, becoming 'path to prosperity': Accenture CEO

CEO Julie said the company recognises the importance of India in its AI-enabled future. At Accenture, we're incredibly proud to have over 350,000 and growing re-inventors here in India, she said

Updated On: 19 Feb 2026 | 4:22 PM IST

India can be a global power in AI: Italian Ambassador Antonio Bartoli

Ambassador pointed out that India's growing prominence creates a valuable opportunity for European nations, including Italy, to forge stronger bilateral ties

Updated On: 19 Feb 2026 | 2:29 PM IST

India built what no other country could: Macron at India AI Summit 2026

Describing the India summit as a foundation for digital transformation, Macron said the summit reflected the need to shape AI growth responsibly amid rapid technological acceleration

Updated On: 19 Feb 2026 | 2:04 PM IST

AGI among most momentous periods, requires navigation: Google DeepMind CEO

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Thursday termed AI as an ultimate tool for accelerating scientific discovery, and a force multiplier for human ingenuity. Speaking at the India AI Summit, he described artificial intelligence as one of the most transformative technologies in human history and emphasised that the world is approaching a decisive moment in its development. With the advent of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI now, the moment has to be navigated very carefully, and thoughtfully, Hassabis said adding "and if we do so, I'm very optimistic that we'll usher in a great new era". He advocated that a scientific method be adopted to understand the AGI's full capabilities, build good guardrails and monitoring systems -- an approach he believes will help unlock the full potential of technology for the benefit of humans. Hassabis also called for a "bold" approach to grasp new opportunities for advancing science and medicine, improve human health and the living condition tha

Updated On: 19 Feb 2026 | 1:48 PM IST

Healthcare, education to flourish with AI: Bharti Chairman Sunil Mittal

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Bharti Enterprises Chairman said that AI is becoming an integral part of how his company operates and serves its customers

Updated On: 19 Feb 2026 | 1:41 PM IST

Modern systems good but inconsistent: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis says current solutions lack consistency, creativity and continuous learning ability

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 11:20 PM IST

Specialised SLMs better suited for India needs than LLMs, says Gnani AI CTO

In an interview at the India AI Impact Summit, Ananth Nagaraj discusses Gnani.ai's shift from speech systems to voice-to-voice models, sector-specific AI and its plans under the IndiaAI Mission

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 11:09 PM IST

Command authority will remain paramount: Lt Gen Shinghal at AI Summit 2026

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit, he said that it is important for the military to decide which decisions must remain with commanders and which can be delegated to AI

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 11:02 PM IST

Nvidia, Yotta partner to deploy APAC's largest DGX Cloud Cluster in India

DGX Cloud has been utilising Yotta's GPU infrastructure over the past year, and the expanded deployment reflects growing regional and global demand for AI compute

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 7:54 PM IST

Govt to push AI solutions to improve grid stability, RE integration: Joshi

Energy minister Pralhad Joshi said AI-based tools will help tackle grid congestion, curtailment and renewable integration as India expands solar, wind and storage capacity

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 7:22 PM IST

India has gained momentum in creating opportunity for AI: Zscaler CEO

India has gained a lot of momentum to create opportunities for AI with proactive policies and the country's businesses can benefit from the new 'mega wave' of technology, Zscaler, Inc CEO, Chairman and Founder Jay Chaudhry said on Wednesday. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit here, Chaudhry said India has been able to attract investments citing examples of how many multinationals are setting up their global capability centres in the country. "In terms of opportunity for AI in India, it is great to see the momentum that's happening," he said. Chaudhry praised the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking steps like the AI Impact Summit as the country looks to be a global leader. He said policies like the new labour laws are "attractive" and will be helpful for many of the Indians who are abroad looking to come back to the country to start enterprises in the country. "India has a big market (in) itself, and they can go beyond and offer a lot of products and services outsi

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 3:01 PM IST

Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR dominate AI job openings on Naukari.com: Report

Nearly 70 per cent of the job openings related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Naukari.com portal are concentrated in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai, according to property consultant CBRE. The findings, based on a comprehensive study of over 64,500 active job listings on online platform Naukri.com as of December 2025, the consultant said in a statement on Wednesday. As per the report, Bengaluru, the primary hub for technology's evolution, commands a 25.4 per cent share of the total AI-related jobs, followed by Delhi-NCR with a share of 24.8 per cent and Mumbai 19.2 per cent. Data was extracted from Naukri.com portal specifically focusing on open job listings tagged under AI. This does not represent the entire universe of AI-based jobs in India, the consultant clarified. As per the CBRE, the job opening related to AI in Hyderabad stood at 12.5 per cent, Pune 9.6 per cent, Chennai 6.4 per cent and Kolkata 2.1 per cent. The top three key domains for AI roles currently include: ..

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 2:11 PM IST

India may be faster in AI adoption than America in 10 yrs: Sridhar Vembu

India may be faster in AI adoption than America in ten years with its youthful, more optimistic population embracing the new wave of technology, Zoho Corporation Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Sridhar Vembu said on Wednesday. Like how UPI became mass-scale in India, AI could also be the same, Vembu said while speaking at the AI Impact Summit here. Citing the example of fibre optics, he said back in 2000s American venture capitalists sold many "10s of billions (of dollars) into telecom companies, particularly fiber optics" and it is "everywhere in India" but not so in America. "...in 10 years...India might be faster in terms of AI adoption than even America...," Vembu said. He further said the reason is that "we have a very youthful optimistic population. We don't have a population that is very skeptical...which is a blessing." Unlike the "unwilling crowd", he said in India the openness to accept and embrace AI is much higher. For the country to be ahead in AI, Vembu asked the y

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 2:02 PM IST

Microsoft to invest $50 bn to expand AI to countries across 'Global South'

The announcement was made at the AI summit in New Delhi, ‌where top executives from global AI giants meet several world leaders this week

Updated On: 18 Feb 2026 | 12:17 PM IST