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AI Impact Summit triggers traffic congestion, travel delays across Delhi

Commuters at several parts of the national capital on Monday reported traffic congestion and travel delays, with enhanced security arrangements and traffic diversions coming into force for the five-day AI Impact Summit at the Bharat Mandapam. Long queues of vehicles and near-zero movement were reported on key arterial routes and transport hubs, including the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Sarai Kale Khan, the DND Flyway, the Vikas Marg-ITO stretch, Naraina, the Delhi Cantt Metro station area, and the Old Delhi Railway Station-Pul Mithai corridor. India is hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi from February 16-20 at the Bharat Mandapam, which is expected to draw delegates from more than 30 countries, including ministers, senior officials, foreign representatives and members of international organisations. Several commuters reported being stuck in traffic for more than half an hour, with many raising concerns over fuel wastage and productivity loss. "Such a waste of time and fuel.

AI-generated misinformation has power to derail democracies: Jitin Prasada

India has the highest level of artificial intelligence (AI) skill penetration and has adopted a policy approach of avoiding over-regulation to ensure innovation thrives, Union Minister Jitin Prasada said on Monday. Speaking at a session in the AI Impact Summit here, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said the present government is agile and listens to all ideas. The government finetunes its policies, programmes, as per the need of the hour, he said. India has trajectory, speed, and scale to offer to the world in the AI space, he added. "We have maximum AI skill penetration, we have gone ahead with the policy of ensuring not to over-regulate so that innovation thrives," Prasada said, adding, "We are ensuring that GPU access has been available as far as possible at the cheapest cost". The availability of GPUs at affordable prices will help young startups and the future generations, who have the best minds and design capabilities. He added that India is

AI usage in disaster management needs legal framework: UNDRR official

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a vital role in disaster management, specially in minimising losses but it would need legal and policy framework for such new age technologies to be able to be relied upon by officials at ground level who would take decisions for preventive actions, a top official of UNDRR said on Monday. Addressing a session at the AI Impact Summit, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Chief Intergovernmental Interagency cooperation and Partnerships Branch Sujit Mohanty said India has done a lot of work in using AI predictive analysis in disaster management. "This whole technology space is really growing well, growing fast... You are seeing solutions which were not possible earlier...," he said, citing the usage of AI in predicting and analysing the risk disasters. However, he said, "At the same time, I think we should be mindful that, at the end of the day, is it really helping those who are there to make decision of people's life and thei

Govt to provide AI resources access to medical students: MoHFW official

The government is looking to provide access to e-books and AI resources to medical students to help them hone their skills better, with the first phase of the initiative covering around 57 medical colleges in the smaller towns and rural areas, according to a senior Health Ministry official. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit here, Deputy Director General (Medical Education) B Srinivas stated that students from medical colleges in remote areas find it challenging to access e-books and good technical materials, including this AI material. "So the government is thinking of using the leverage of AI to reach out to these students ... in the National Medical Library we have started the process of securing the e-books and the digital clinical material, and we are doing it right now in around 57 government medical colleges across the country," Srinivas said. The government is looking to scale up the initiative in a gradual manner, he added. "We are in the pipeline to also include the private

AI integration in road, transport can help avoid accidents: MoRTH official

There is a lot of scope for AI integration in the road and transport industry to help avoid accidents and check issues of vehicular pollution, a government official said on Monday. Measures such as a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and adding driving-in-school curriculum can help in this direction, Pankaj Aggarwal, an officer in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, said while speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in the national capital. During a panel discussion on 'AI for Road Safety: Data-Driven Solutions for Enhancing Road Safety in India', he said AI can play a big role in avoiding accidents and reducing fatalities. Data indicates that speeding is the first problem among traffic rule violations, he said. So, capturing proper data with the help of AI and providing the same evidence without human intervention can be of help as whatever data today is recorded by a police person is "not the actual data as there are many other offences which contribute to the ...

Norway envoy to India calls for representation of women in AI development

At the AI Impact Summit 2026, the Norwegian Ambassador to India, Stener, focused on gender and innovation and highlighted the stark contrast between curated events and the broader reality of the tech

Ethical AI is mandatory, not optional: Soha Ali Khan at AI Impact Summit

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Soha Ali Khan warned that as AI grows, women face rising online risks like deepfakes and data misuse, and said ethical safeguards are now essential, not optional

AI progress will not happen by 'drift', needs urgency: CEA Nageswaran

Nageswaran warned that without careful and calibrated action, rapid technological change could create social and economic instability

Andhra CM Naidu, Bill Gates meet at state secretariat in Amaravati

Microsoft founder Bill Gates will visit Andhra Pradesh on Monday and hold discussions with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on expanding cooperation in health and artificial intelligence initiatives. Gates will arrive at the state secretariat here in the morning and meet with CM Naidu, IT Minister Nara Lokesh and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan briefly. "Gates will visit Amaravati and hold discussions with Naidu on expanding cooperation in health and artificial intelligence initiatives," state Municipal Minister P Narayana said on Sunday. The CM has requested Gates to expand ongoing health initiatives across the state and discussions will focus on AI as well, he said. The Gates Foundation has already been working in Kuppam in Chittoor district on health-related projects, and the talks are expected to explore scaling up these interventions to benefit a wider population across the southern state. Later, Gates will proceed to Real Time Governance System (RTGS) to observe the ...

Global AI models struggles with Indian languages and dialects: Report

Voice of India benchmark, built with AI4Bharat, tests speech models across 15 languages and dialects and finds accuracy gaps between India-focused systems and global AI models

AI Impact Summit 2026 kicks off in Delhi today: Key sessions to watch

India is hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026 from February 16-20, bringing global leaders, tech CEOs together to discuss how artificial intelligence can be used for governance, jobs and public services

Which AI models will India unveil at 2026 Impact Summit: Details here

Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier said that India's home-grown AI models are ready for public release and will be presented at the summit

Strong ties between US, India in AI has tremendous potential: Rubrik CEO

A strong partnership between India and the US in AI offers a tremendous opportunity to deliver across sectors such as healthcare, education, job training and digital literacy, a senior official of AI operations giant Rubrik has said. Chairman and CEO of security and AI operations giant Rubrik, Bipul Sinha, made these remarks. "I have been a huge proponent of the India-US relationship because the US has the technological know-how, technology IP and technology scale. India has a human scale. India has a 1.4 billion population and a youth population, tremendous growth rate of a large economy," Sinha told PTI in an exclusive interview here. Sinha will attend the India AI Impact Summit being hosted in New Delhi from February 16-20, a global gathering of leaders, policymakers and innovators from across the world for deep-dive discussions on the way forward for AI. Sinha, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and The Wharton School alumnus who co-founded the Palo Alto-headquartere

India seeks role in shaping AI with summit of world leaders, tech chiefs

World leaders, tech moguls, AI founders and investors are expected to arrive in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, potentially the largest gathering of AI luminaries to date

AI Impact Summit: Delhi set to roll out red carpet for 35K global leaders

Many delegates choose Mumbai or Bengaluru due to shortage of luxury rooms

AI is new reality but may not spell doom for IT services: Experts

Automating tasks won't overhaul data estates, security frameworks: Experts

India placed third in global AI vibrancy index after US, China: Report

India placed third after the US and China in AI vibrancy index, scoring strongly on R&D and talent while advancing data governance and policy frameworks

My focus for Mafatlal is to take uniforms to the world: Priyavrata Mafatlal

Priyavrata Mafatlal outlines plans to take Indian uniforms global, expand exports and blend legacy with AI-led growth

AI buzzwords decoded: What terms like LLMs, generative AI, guardrails mean

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping industries, workplaces and the daily digital life, emerging as one of the most transformative technologies - and a focal point of global conversations. As chatter around AI intensifies ahead of the mega summit that New Delhi is set to host, here is a straightforward guide to some frequently used terms making headlines, and what they mean. From LLMs to guardrails, decoding AI vocabulary: ----------------------------------------------------- -- AI: First things, first. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, refers to the simulation of human intelligence by machines. Think of it as systems designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence - understanding language, recognising images, making decisions, solving problems, and increasingly, creating content such as text, music or videos. At its core, AI is about enabling machines to learn from data. Instead of being programmed step-by-step for every scenario - as is the case with ..

Sam Altman hails India as 'full stack AI leader' ahead of AI Impact Summit

Ahead of the AI Impact Summit 2026 set to begin tomorrow, Altman said India has surged to become OpenAI's second-largest user base globally, trailing only the United States