AI Impact Summit 2026

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils voluntary guidelines, pushing signatories toward measurable outcomes on inclusion and responsible development.

TCS and Infosys’s partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic could prove a win-win for India’s under-pressure technology sector and the fast-growing AI firms.

The India AI Impact Summit, organised by Meity, aims to signal India’s intent in a technology seen as the biggest shift since the industrial revolution.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman said falling computing and inference costs could make artificial intelligence widely accessible in India, even as he downplayed fears of disruption to the country’s IT services industry.

Google, Apple and xAI are among companies that have sought to defend their sensitive information as employees are accused of stealing it.

Veteran venture capitalist says making AI a public-sector utility will help ‘truly democratize’ the technology’s capabilities in India.

The ministry will actively incorporate feedback on the challenges faced during its first large-scale AI splash into next year’s plans, according to Abhishek Singh, additional secretary, MeitY, and chief executive of the IndiaAI Mission.

Over the past 12 months, Indian companies have announced at least 50 senior AI-focused leadership hires.

Memory chips used to be considered low-margin commodity products. Now the industry can’t make enough to satisfy data centers’ hunger.