Prime Minister Narendra Modi has particpaited within the India AI Influence Summit 2026 on Thursday. PM Modi is addressing the opening ceremony of the summit at the moment at Bharat Mandapam within the nationwide capital.
PM Modi welcomed the world leaders to what he described ‘ most historic AI Summit of the world.’ He stated, “India is the centre of the world’s largest tech pool. It’s a matter of satisfaction for the International South that the AI summit is being organised in India”
Forward of PM Modi’s deal with French President Emmanuel Macron delivered his speech. Throughout his deal with French Pesident stated the purpose of this summit was not solely to say, let’s do extra, it was to say, let’s do higher collectively.
He additional added, “AI could also be a strong accelerator of productiveness and a significant shift for labour markets. For this reason entry to AI for all is essential. France and India share a standard imaginative and prescient. A sovereign AIused to guard our planet and to foster prosperity for all. Final 12 months in Paris, we known as it motion. This 12 months in Delhi, we name it impression. However the actual title is less complicated, AI collectively. AI and digitalisation shall be a key theme for the months to return.”
PM Modi’s remarks has adopted a household picture of the leaders attending the India AI Influence summit.
Over 500 leaders from the sector of synthetic intelligence are attending the summit.
Following the opening, PM Modi will then be a part of the Leaders’ Plenary, beginning round 12 midday, which can convene Heads of State, ministers, and senior officers from multilateral organisations to debate nationwide and international AI priorities, masking governance, infrastructure, and worldwide collaboration.
Thereafter, the Prime Minister will participate within the CEO roundtable from 5:30 PM onwards, bringing collectively prime executives from international know-how and business corporations with authorities leaders to debate AI funding, analysis partnerships, provide chains, and system deployment.
Inaugurated by PM Modi on February 16 in New Delhi, the world’s largest synthetic intelligence summit has seen substantial international participation. The occasion brings collectively over 500 AI leaders, together with CEOs and CXOs, round 100 founders and chief executives, 150 academicians and researchers, and practically 400 CTOs, vice presidents, and philanthropists. It additionally includes greater than 100 authorities representatives, together with over 20 Heads of State and Authorities and roughly 60 ministers and vice ministers from all over the world.
Subsequent frontier for inclusive improvement: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with ANI forward of the AI Summit, stated that India is poised for important advances in synthetic intelligence. He highlighted that integrating know-how with governance may rework key sectors, together with last-mile supply, and emphasised that India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) gives beneficial classes for the International South. He added that the “convergence of DPI and AI” represents the subsequent frontier for inclusive improvement.
Congress calls summit PR spectacle
The Congress get together has described the continued AI Summit as a “disorganised PR spectacle” and alleged that Chinese language merchandise are being displayed on the occasion. These remarks come amid controversy over Noida-based Galgotias College presenting a commercially out there Chinese language robotic as their very own creation on the Summit.
“As a substitute of leveraging India’s expertise and knowledge, the AI summit is a disorganised PR spectacle – Indian knowledge up on the market, Chinese language merchandise showcased,” Congress chief Rahul Gandhi wrote on X.
In the meantime, the get together’s official deal with on X posted, “The Modi authorities has made a laughing inventory of India globally, with regard to AI”.