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TopicIndia AI Impact Summit

Topic: India AI Impact Summit

India’s AI report card: Global media lays out pitfalls of no sovereign model, but also some pros

Financial Times writes India 'appears' to have largely given up ambition to build sovereign AI model. 'The only promising option is Sarvam, which is building a foundational LLM for Indian languages'.

How India uses AI to empower the next billion users

India’s AI-for-public-good trajectory reveals a pattern of pragmatic, use-case-driven development that is capitalising on the country’s growing innovation ecosystem and tech-adaptive populace.

ThePrint coverage of AI Summit went beyond goof-ups and shirtless protest

ThePrint wants to reflect views beyond expert opinion—a new generation of educated, intelligent people who want to be heard—or read.

‘Stunt even veterans can’t defend’—BJP pounces as Congress’s Margaret Alva criticises AI summit protest

AICC General Secretary K. C. Venugopal slams action taken against IYC president and others in connection with the shirtless protest, calling their detention 'completely illegal'.

India must build its own AI stack. It is now a strategic necessity

In the Indian context, Sarvam and BharatGen’s growing relevance and demonstrated ability can only bring reassurance—and cheer—to the public at large.

Photos of the week: AI Impact Summit, Brazil’s Lula in India & Chhainsa health crisis

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters.

AI Summit ends with 88 nations adopting New Delhi Declaration, calls for cooperation, sovereignty

New Delhi: The AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded Saturday with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration endorsed by 88 countries, and guided by...

What top Indian and global companies displayed at AI Summit pavilions

ThePrint brings you a glimpse into the stalls set up by Reliance Jio, Tech Mahindra, OpenAI, and Google.

Optimism, with caution—global media on India’s AI push; and Tata Trusts is a house divided

Global media reports on AI Impact Summit in Delhi. Trump’s AI export plan, no takers for Pakistani cricket players & India’s initiative to improve urban infra also find coverage.

AI Summit is a snapshot of today’s India — intelligence, competence in short supply

It’s no surprise Bill Gates didn’t speak at AI Summit. It would have been the last straw.

On Camera

Why Asim Munir may be softening on Imran Khan

Asim Munir's biggest gripe since the conflict with India in 2025 is that while he has made geo-political gains, there is no comfort for the general at home.

NITI Aayog wants India to reimagine skilling, pitches ‘skills not degree’, training from Class 6

Federal think tank in its latest report maps India’s workforce and learners across five segments, reveals that fewer than one in 12 secondary schools currently offer vocational subjects.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman