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AI offers opportunity for Indian firms to drive job transformation: Nasscom

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) globally presents significant opportunities for Indian companies and will not adversely impact their businesses, Nasscom AI Head Ankit Bose said on Tuesday. He said instead of job cuts, India will witness job transformations as roles evolve with the growing adoption of AI. "AI is getting developed across the world, but who will deploy that. For that you need people... So now India adding capacity... AI is happening at a massive scale and Indian professionals will deploy that. So it's a big opportunity for us but we have to be ahead of the curve and we have to keep our skills up to date," Bose told PTI. He said at the sidelines of a session in the AI Impact Summit here. To build capacity, the government and private sector are taking steps. "In the next few months we are going to enable 1.5 lakh people in AI-based developers... We are working with government to develop curriculum that are needed in colleges," he said. He added t

AI Impact Summit: From telemedicine to trust, how AI supports healthcare

At Bharat Mandapam, the India AI Impact Summit 2026 spotlights how AI is reshaping healthcare delivery, from digital records and teleconsultations to ethical, population-scale deployment

AI can help manage power sector complexity as renewables grow: IEA expert

Integration of AI can help manage complexities in the power sector, including in India, where the share of renewables is expected to grow in the years to come, an expert from the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. "...We are seeing a very strong trend of increasing complexity of the energy sector at large, specifically the electricity systems. So why is it becoming more complex? One is that in general the electrification is rising," Siddharth Sigh of IEA said while speaking at the AI Impact Summit in the national capital. During a panel discussion on Monday on AI for Power -- Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition -- the energy expert said, the end use of energy is more compared to other fuels. There is greater variable renewable electricity for the system, which was never the case in the past. Most of the other sources of electricity were stable, that is no longer the case. Now with solar and wind, the share of variable renewables is expected to be sizeable by the end of th

CAG bets on AI, cyber audits and sovereign LLM to enhance public scrutiny

CAG officials said the institution has adopted a formal AI strategy framework making the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of India one of the few globally with a published AI roadmap

Hollywood rattled as ByteDance's AI tool sparks job, copyright fears

Rhett Reese, a scriptwriter known for his "Deadpool" films, said in an interview that the Cruise-Pitt video had sent a "cold shiver" up his spine

Jaishankar, Canadian counterpart discuss ties ahead of Carney's India visit

Jaishankar and Canadian FM Anand met in Munich to discuss deeper cooperation as India prepares for PM Mark Carney's visit, with both sides advancing trade talks and expanding strategic partnerships

PM Modi inaugurates India AI Impact Expo, interacts with startups

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo here. He also interacted with startups participating in the expo. The prime minister visited various stalls and spoke with the companies participating in the expo. Expo features over 600 high-potential startups and 13 country pavilions showcasing international collaboration in AI ecosystem. Expo brings together global technology firms, startups, academia and research institutions, central and state governments, and international partners.

India AI Impact Summit 2026: ‘AI transition will not happen automatically’: CEA Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said India must act urgently to manage AI-driven labour shifts.

Watch: Visuals from inside AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam

The AI Impact Summit 2026, hosted by India at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, kicks off today (February 16) and will carry on till February 20.

AI will reshape how humans work in the future, says Prasoon Joshi

On the sidelines of the event, ANI spoke with Prasoon, who shared his thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence and its potential impact on society

KPMG partner fined A$10,000 for using AI tools to cheat in test about AI

KPMG Australia fined a partner A$10,000 after 28 staff were caught using AI tools to cheat in internal training exams, prompting tighter monitoring and fresh scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers

IIT Delhi uses AI to improve streamflow predictions for India's rivers

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have combined traditional models used to predict streamflow in India's rivers with artificial intelligence, finding that the new approach significantly improved prediction accuracy in 208 of the 220 rivers tested. Accurate information of river flow is critical for water resources management, including irrigation scheduling, reducing flood risk, and reservoir operations. The team, Bhanu Magotra and Manabendra Saharia, said that large-scale hydrological models often produce significant uncertainties in streamflow estimates at local scales unless extensive basin-specific calibration is performed. Such calibration is computationally expensive and challenging to implement across a country as hydrologically diverse as India, they said. Calibration refers to the technique of adjusting a model's output to better align with observed real-world data. The AI-integrated approach, described in a paper in the journal Water Resource

AI will augment human capabilities, not replace jobs: Blue Machines AI COO

Artificial Intelligence will be a force for good and augment human capabilities, according to Kshitij Jain, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Blue Machines AI, which recently grabbed national attention for a live AI-versus-human debate on primetime broadcast. Blue Machines AI was in the spotlight after engaging in a live, unscripted, hour-long AI-versus-human debate on national television, a feat it says helped showcase real-time enterprise voice AI capabilities. Speaking on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit, Jain told PTI that India has grown "leaps and bounds" in adopting as well as building AI technologies. "The summit is great example of all large companies congregating here to see what India has done in AI. We are huge believers in the India story, and in building in India for the world," Jain told PTI. Blue Machines, he said, is focused on building cutting-edge technology and deploying voice AI agents across enterprises. "Some of largest enterprises in India are using us.

India leads in making AI affordable, accessible, and scalable: USISPF chief

New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): As New Delhi brings together industry giants from across the world to the one of the biggest gatherings on Artificial intelligence, the US- India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has arrived with the largest US delegation. President & Chief Executive Officer, Mukesh Aghi underlined the critical importance of India to American companies from AI perspective and as a leader in leveraging tech to provide digital infrastructure with citizens, not only just from a payment perspective.In an exclusive interview to ANI, Mukesh Aghi, said, "From a strategic partnership perspective between US and India, this event is very important because when you look at some of the leaders in AI in the US are Indian Americans, and to be able to bring in 100 plus global leaders from US into India, that sends a very strong message that India is very critical to US companies and also from an AI perspective".He added, "India has taken a very strong lead in trying to

Global governance gap: How AI is powering next wave of money laundering

As AI reshapes finance, it is also enabling money laundering, deepfake fraud and regulatory forum shopping, underscoring urgent gaps in global AI governance

Regulatory sandboxes necessary to foster AI innovations: IFSCA official

Regulatory sandboxes are necessary to ensure that startups and other players can build things in a controlled environment within the guardrails without stifling innovation, a senior official at the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) said on Monday. Speaking at a session at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in the national capital, IFSCA's Chief Technology Officer Joseph Joshy also said he would look at the things through the regulatory lens. The five-day summit -- which will see a host of heads of state and government, overseas representatives and industry players, among others -- commenced on Monday. "We need to ensure that there are regulatory sandboxes among regulators so that there are guardrails... (so that) before regulations come startups and others can build things in a controlled environment so that you don't stifle innovation and that you encourage it within the guardrails," Joshy said. Joshy is also the Chief General Manager as well as Head of FinTe

AI to unbundle jobs; next 3 yrs to see 1000x growth: Microsoft India prez

Microdoft India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok identified coding as the biggest current use case for AI, noting that the technology is rapidly transforming software development

AI Impact summit at Bharat Mandapam: Check entry timings, gate details

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a revised advisory for delegates attending the summit at Bharat Mandapam, detailing entry timings, gate access and parking arrangements

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Website designed to make it accessible to all

Accessibility options embedded within the India AI Impact Summit 2026 website enable users to customise text, contrast and layout for a more inclusive browsing experience

India summit 'important moment' to unlock full benefits of AI: UK deputy PM

The UK's focus during the AI Impact Summit set to start in New Delhi on Monday will be on championing how artificial intelligence can supercharge growth, unlock new jobs, improve public services and deliver benefits for people around the globe, the British government has said. The UK delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, is keen to highlight how AI can improve everyday life in every corner of the world and make the case for AI as an engine of renewal that can help doctors diagnose faster, teachers personalise learning, councils deliver services in minutes and businesses create the next generation of good jobs. "This summit is an important moment in determining how we can work together with our international partners to unlock the full benefits and potential of AI, while baking in robust and fair safety standards that protect us all," said Lammy, in a pre-summit statement. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) sa