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India focused on practical applications of AI, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said India is focused on practical applications of AI, including enterprise productivity, and solutions for population-scale challenges such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change. Speaking at a research symposium at the AI Impact Summit, the minister also expressed happiness over the strong participation and optimism shown by young people at an AI Expo on Tuesday. He informed that about 2.5 lakh attendees, mostly under the age of 30, took part across the exhibition area. "It was a phenomenal response when I interacted with the young minds. I was so surprised by the optimism that most of the young people expressed towards this opportunity which is coming for them," Vaishnaw said. The minister said he was feeling hopeful for a totally new future for India and for the world. "We, in India, are very focused on AI in the edge, AI for use cases, AI for solving real-world problems, AI for improving the productivity in the enterprises, fo

Not UN's role to regulate AI: Guterres as world body plans global dialogue

It is not the UN's role to regulate AI, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has emphasised as he pointed to an annual global dialogue being planned at the international organisation on AI with participation from all countries, governments, private sector as well as civil society. Guterres will soon be arriving in New Delhi to attend the India AI Impact Summit, the first-ever summit on Artificial Intelligence hosted in the Global South. In an exclusive interview to PTI ahead of his visit to India for the Summit, Guterres outlined efforts by the international organisation aimed at global cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), emphasising that these are "perfectly in line" with the strategy demonstrated by India in its leadership of the AI summit. Guterres highlighted three key areas under the Global Digital Compact initiated at the UN to contribute towards the global AI architecture. The first is the creation of a new high-level Independent International Scientific Panel on ...

Swedish Deputy PM Ebba Busch arrives in India to attend AI Impact Summit

Upon her arrival, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a post on X highlighted the wideranging India-Sweden ties across sectors like trade, economy, science and innovation

India AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 3: Key sessions, speakers to track today

India-AI Impact Summit 2026: Day 3 will focus on sovereign AI, research and global adoption, with leaders from government and tech firms discussing trust, infrastructure and real-world use of AI

AI boosting transparency, efficiency in food supply chain: Sanjeev Chopra

Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary of the Department of Food & Public Distribution, on Tuesday, emphasised the transformative role artificial intelligence (AI) has played in strengthening transparency and responsiveness across the department's operations.Speaking on India AI Impact summit, Chopra said AI has become a "critical component" of the department's functioning over the past few years, enhancing efficiency across the food management ecosystem."We have displayed how AI has been a critical component in our functioning for the past couple of years, in particular. What we were trying to do through technology is to bring about transparency. And what AI has done is to add another layer to that particular transparent functioning and to make it more responsive," he told ANI.Chopra further highlighted that AI has been deployed across the entire supply chain, from procurement and storage to movement, distribution, and settlement of state subsidy bills."Across all our operations, from ...

India key AI hub, company deepening partnerships: Nvidia South Asia MD

Dhupar said Nvidia's ecosystem in India is thriving and expanding rapidly as organisations build AI applications using Nvidia's Nemotron models to support public-sector services

Estonian President hails ties with India; seeks deeper cooperation in AI

Addressing a gathering, Estonian President noted that while both nations transitioned from 'colonial yokes' to freedom, they have since transformed into modern technological powerhouses

AI, machine learning reshaping trajectory of human civilisation: JK L-G

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday asserted that artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping the trajectory of human civilisation, and called upon the youth to become leaders. The LG said that India's campuses have evolved beyond mere degree-granting institutions and have transformed into factories of ideas and workshops of innovation where possibility takes tangible form. "India's ambition in the technology revolution must extend beyond participation. We must become leaders. Today, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are reshaping the trajectory of human civilisation. The nations that master these technologies will write the rules for the coming century," he said. He was speaking at the valedictory function of a 48-hour national-level hackathon under 'Innovathon 1.0'. The hackathon, organised by the Skill, Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (SIIEDC), University of Jammu, was aimed at promoting innovation,

Real challenge lies in execution of AI: Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani

At Infosys' Investor AI Day, Nandan Nilekani said AI's opportunity is larger than ever but enterprises face an execution gap, needing legacy overhaul, workforce reskilling and new operating models

Hyderabad strengthens role as MNC hub for AI, life sciences and GCC growth

Global firms are scaling AI, life sciences and GCC operations in Hyderabad, backed by strong talent, pharma depth and policy support, with major investments announced around BioAsia this week

Infosys reveals AI accounted 5.5% of its revenue share in Dec quarter

The disclosure comes as India's $283 billion IT industry faces rising investor concerns about AI's potential to disrupt traditional, labour-intensive outsourcing models

Supreme Court flags rising use of unverified AI inputs in court filings

Supreme Court has cautioned against unverified AI-generated material in filings after spotting fictitious and inaccurate citations, reminding lawyers that accuracy must be ensured

Spam protection to cloud infra, Airtel shows AI adoption beyond networks

From network-level spam filtering to cloud and data centre operations, Airtel is showcasing how it is using AI across its infrastructure stack at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

AI to reshape tech careers, coding won't stay core: Nandan Nilekani

Artifical Intelligence is rewriting the grammar of software development. And writing codes will no longer be the central role for tech professionals, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said Tuesday. AI, he said, is being adopted faster than any previous technological transition, from the internet to smartphones, and is poised to fundamentally reshape how businesses operate. "Talent will have to deal with a world where writing code will not be the goal. It'll actually be making AI work, orchestration, and those kinds of things," Nilekani said at Infosys' Investor Day. "Customer journeys, operating models, and mental models all have to change. Every enterprise must rethink how it operates." While coding may end, new jobs will be created. The talent transformation is huge, he said adding there will be a need for AI engineers, forward deployment engineers, forensic analysts - roles that didn't exist a few years ago. Greenfield coding productivity is not the real challenge. The real w

India eyeing $200 bn AI investments across stack layers in 2 yrs: Vaishnaw

India-AI Impact Summit 2026: India is expanding AI compute, talent training and clean energy capacity, with new GPUs and skills programmes to strengthen its AI ecosystem, said Ashwini Vaishnaw

AI powering next phase of digital infrastructure: Reliance Jio official

The convergence of connectivity and compute will reshape how citizens, enterprises and governments interact in India, with artificial intelligence poised to amplify the country's already robust digital public infrastructure, a top executive at Reliance Jio said on Tuesday. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Shyam Prabhakar Mardikar - CTO, Mobility, at Reliance Jio, said India stands nearly a decade ahead of many developed economies in building population-scale digital platforms from digital payments and online banking to Aadhaar-based identity systems and paperless air travel through Digi Yatra. "India's digital infrastructure is already a humongous success story," Mardikar said at the five-day summit, which began on Monday. "Now imagine putting intelligence on top of it, making it aware, inclusive and accessible to the last citizen in the last village," he added. He said putting AI into existing nationwide digital rails could expand the government's reach and improve decision-makin

Vaishnaw apologises for disruptions on Day 1 of India AI Impact Summit

Speaking on the second day of the summit, Vaishnaw extended an apology for the inconvenience that the stakeholders had to face on the opening day

UN Women calls for greater female participation in building AI tools

Women account for just 30 per cent of AI professionals worldwide and hold only 16 per cent of AI research roles, UN Women said on Tuesday, calling for greater female participation in building artificial intelligence tools to better reflect women's needs in health, finance, climate resilience, and safety. Speaking at the launch of the AI Casebook on Gender and Agriculture at India AI Summit here, UN Women Regional Director for Asia Pacific Christine Arab said the underrepresentation of women in AI development was creating systemic bias in the technology. Arab noted that a "persistent design gap" remains globally, warning that fewer women building AI systems means fewer products that reflect women's realities. "When women are missing from design tables, the test labs, the term sheets -- bias doesn't emerge by accident. It becomes the default," she said. Arab praised India for its efforts to address the gender gap in AI, saying the country "stands among the very few globally who are .

AI won't replace journalism; trust, accountability are key: Media leaders

India-AI Impact Summit 2026: Media leaders said while AI is changing newsrooms, human judgement and accountability remain essential, as AI should support journalists, not replace them

AI will play pivotal role in realising the vision of Viksit Bharat: Pradhan

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday urged India's youth to harness the full potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), asserting that the technology will play a pivotal role in realising the vision of a Viksit Bharat. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Pradhan called on the next generation to deepen their engagement with AI, strengthen teamwork, and explore the vast possibilities the technology unlocks. Pradhan said that AI presents a significant opportunity for India, as he cited the country's multi-dimensional, multicultural and multilingual facets, alongside its rich history and legacy. He noted that AI can be a powerful tool in understanding and navigating the complexities. "AI is giving us an important opportunity. We have a multi-dimensional, multi-cultural and multi-lingual, complex society, with a rich history and legacy... AI can be an important tool in understanding its complexity and multi-dimensionality," Pradhan said. The minister exhorted India's yo