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Payments industry adopts AI-led interfaces, LLMs to reshape transactions

Fintechs, NPCI are deepening AI integration across India's payments stack, from agentic interfaces and conversational payments to domain-specific LLMs designed to streamline disputes and transactions

Chemists warn PM that fake AI prescriptions are enabling illegal drug sales

AIOCD has urged the Prime Minister to ban AI-generated prescriptions, alleging they are being misused by unregulated e-pharmacies to sell restricted medicines, posing a serious public health risk

AI to crash filmmaking costs, open doors to new storytellers: Shekhar Kapur

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Tuesday said artificial intelligence will dramatically lower the cost of filmmaking and open doors for a new generation of storytellers. The director, known for critical and commercial hits such as "Masoom", "Mr India" and "Bandit Queen", said he has already begun using AI in his own work. "In filmmaking, it will bring a lot of new filmmakers in because the cost of filmmaking is going to come crashing down with AI. That's what's going to happen," Kapur told PTI on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam here. The director described AI as a "democratic technology" that could transform not just cinema, but India's broader economic and creative landscape. "I think that India will add a trillion dollars a year to its GDP with AI. It is the most democratic technology to hit us... It goes right down the pyramid to those that really need it. "AI can do everything but what it can't do is be intuitive. And therefore, people who haven't

Mastercard conducts secured agentic commerce transaction at India AI Summit

Mastercard completes what it calls India's first fully authenticated agentic commerce transaction at the India AI Impact Summit, signalling readiness for AI-driven payments

AWS India, Yotta to provide hybrid cloud infra for Meghraj 2.0 initiative

Amazon Web Services India and Yotta Data Services will collaborate to deploy a hybrid cloud infrastructure for the National Informatics Centre's Meghraj 2.0 initiative. 'GI Cloud', named as 'MeghRaj', is an initiative that taps cloud computing to accelerate the delivery of e-services in the country. On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services India Pvt Ltd (AWS India) said it would work with Yotta Data Services to deploy AWS Outposts for the Meghraj 2.0 initiative. It would enable government departments to leverage AWS services and generative AI capabilities for data residency and security requirements. AWS Outposts allow customers with sensitive workloads that are restricted to NIC data centres to leverage AWS's advanced cloud capabilities. "With AWS Outposts, applications running in NIC data centres can leverage the AWS Region in India, during peak demand for citizen-facing services. "During peak demand periods, applications can expand to the AWS Region in India for use cases like data ...

Bihar govt signs pacts for investments worth ₹468 cr at AI Impact Summit

The Bihar government has signed initial pacts with technology companies and IIT Patna at India AI Impact Summit here for investments worth Rs 468 crore across several projects, including a research park. According to an official statement, the Bihar government has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 468 crore with several major technology companies as well as with IIT Patna. The state government has signed MoU worth Rs 60 crore to set up Bihar AI CoE (centre of excellence). An MoU worth Rs 250 crore was signed for setting up a research park at IIT Patna. Tiger Analytics will be Industry Partner and IIT Patna will be Academic Partner. In addition, MoUs were signed with GCC units and IT units such as Red Cyber (Rs 103 crore), GrowQR (Rs 30 crore), and CIPL (Rs 25 crore), among others under Bihar GCC policy 2026 and Bihar IT policy 2024. "This move is expected to create over 10,000 new job opportunities in the field of emerging technologies. Additionally, more than 50,

Eternal partners with OpenAI to boost AI across Zomato, Blinkit, District

Food delivery firm on Tuesday said it has expanded strategic collaboration with OpenAI to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across its businesses, including Zomato, Blinkit, District and Hyperpure, along with its partner platforms and internal systems. The collaboration, which also covers Eternal's Feeding India initiative and AI-native venture - Nugget, will focus on AI deployments across Eternal's apps, and underscores the growing role of AI in India's digital commerce sector. Eternal will also work with OpenAI's Enterprise API platform to explore new ways customers and partners interact with its platforms, deploy advanced AI tools within partner applications and integrate advanced coding models into its in-house AI orchestration platform, it said in a statement. Eternal is strengthening AI infrastructure across its consumer and enterprise platforms, building AI as foundational infrastructure across its commerce ecosystem. "Through this collaboration, the company

Black Box signs ₹275 cr Brazil deal in boost to global digital infra push

Essar Group firm advances India and overseas strategy amid rising demand for data centre, network and cybersecurity services

DRDO DG Chandrika Kaushik stresses need for indigenous AI in defence sector

Highlighting the growing penetration of AI across sectors, she said the technology has already spread across daily activities, from education to problem-solving and solution development

AI can bridge information gap in agriculture: MeitY secretary S Krishnan

MeitY Secretary S Krishnan, who himself is a registered farmer, on Tuesday called for using artificial intelligence to bridge the information gap in agriculture, saying the old extension network has broken down and the focus has shifted to channelling inputs rather than providing the advisory support farmers actually need. Krishnan, who revealed that he has an agricultural loan in his personal account and that his mother supervises the cultivation on his farm, said timely and reliable advice remains the single most important thing farmers seek -- and the one thing the system has consistently failed to deliver. "As farmers, they always look for advice, which is timely. And many people say that the old extension network has broken down. ...Across many agriculture departments and state governments, the far greater focus is how inputs get channelised. There is less attention to the kind of advice that farmers really want," the secretary in Ministry of Electronics and Information ...

AI regulations enough for innovations to thrive: MoS Jitin Prasada

The regulations for artificial intelligence are not to over regulate but enough for innovations to thrive in the country, Union Minister Jitin Prasada said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) New Delhi Symposium 2026, the minister emphasised that everyone should be able to reap the benefits of technology transformation. India is a fast-growing market that offers opportunities for various technological innovations, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions. "Scale, speed, innovation and inclusion," are the strengths of India, Prasada said. He is the Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology as well as Commerce & Industry. Talking about AI, he said as far as the policy for regulations go, they are not aimed at over regulating and that the regulations are enough for innovations to thrive. "India will not call itself successful until all (those in) bottom up (segment) reap benefits of the technology transformation that is happening," ...

Generative AI lowering costs, making cybercrime more efficient: GCA CEO

The GCA chief noted a disturbing trend in the volume and sophistication of digital crimes, which serves as a critical backdrop to the summit's focus on responsible AI

Adani Group plans to invest $100 bn in AI-ready data centres by 2035

The planned data centres will include dedicated computing capacity for Indian large language models (LLMs) and other national data projects

AI in health can be beneficial if used under supervision: Experts at AI Summit

India AI Impact Summit 2026: From governance frameworks to clinical validation, experts and industry leaders discuss how AI can strengthen health delivery while safeguarding equity and patient privacy

AM Group starts development of $25 billion AI data centre project in UP

AM AI Labs said that it has received land for the first two phases of its 1 GW AI data centre in Uttar Pradesh, with 350 MW capacity planned by 2028 and full commissioning targeted by 2030

Focus on governance, scale vital for building trusted AI: Industry leaders

During a session at AI Impact Summit, panellists said AI development should be seen as a continuous process rather than a one-off initiative

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