Vishwadeep Khatri

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, on Thursday defended use of copyright news articles and opinion pieces in training AI models like ChatGPT, saying it followed the US principle of fair use. View the full article

French startup Mistral AI’s cofounder and chief executive Arthur Mensch feels India can become a global innovation hub for AI due to its talent pool and industrial strength, adding that a quarter of his firm’s researchers are Indians. View the full article

Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, said that India can deploy AI-powered personal tutors, primary-care doctors, and agri advisors for 1.5 billion people within the next one to two years. He proposed that such services should be integrated into the country’s Aadhaar stack. View the full article

Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited the Commerce Ministry's Coffee Board stall at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. He participated in the summit, which began on Monday. The summit is the world's largest artificial intelligence event. India is pushing for wider access to AI. Pichai described AI as ushering in an era of hyper progress. View the full article

There is a gap between LLMs and their business users, and bridging it is an opportunity, said Vishal Sikka, founder and chief executive of Viani, as he delivered his keynote speech at the India AI Impact Summit, 2026, on Thursday. View the full article

Artificial intelligence will reset the nature of software industry, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, adding that while for some companies it will be bad, a lot of others will be able to benefit as they have a different value proposition. View the full article

Mensch highlighted India's "extremely large" opportunity in artificial intelligence, driven by its vast talent pool, cultural diversity, ambition, and massive market size. By controlling its own AI, India can emerge as a "global hub for innovation" and "lead the way for the entire world", he asserted. View the full article

Nearly three in four Indian organisations see AI initiatives stall after proof-of-concept due to operational readiness problems, said Martin Schroeter. He added that technology is brilliant but not industrialised, so enterprises struggle for meaningful returns worldwide investment. Organisations face fragmented data, legacy systems, business processes and regulatory requirements across multiple clouds in India. View the full article

The AI-enabled sign language interpretation was projected on a large screen behind the prime minister in the auditorium at Bharat Mandapam, ensuring the speech was accessible to everyone. The speech was dubbed live in 11 languages: Assamese, Bangla, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. View the full article

Both leaders of artificial intelligence (AI) firms in India for the summit were invited on stage when union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the ‘New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments’, a set of voluntary pledges that reflect a shared vision for inclusive and responsible AI. View the full article

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Sikka, former CEO of IT giant Infosys, highlighted astonishing productivity gains from AI, its limitations and responsible usage. He said that AI represents a historic opportunity, and India has previously transformed connectivity and food security within a generation. View the full article

According to Nilekani, if AI investments are to create value for society at large rather than benefiting only a few individuals, there must be clear pathways to ensure the technology reaches everyone, adding that India is well placed to lead that effort. View the full article

Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, told a global artificial intelligence conference on Thursday that the world "urgently" needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology. "This is not to suggest that we won't need any regulation or safeguards," Altman said. View the full article

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit here, he noted that the Tata Group is building AI capability based on the diverse Indian data. View the full article

​Reliance ​Industries and its unit ‌Jio ⁠will ⁠invest ​$110 ​billion over the ​next ⁠seven years ‌in ​artificial ​intelligence, billionaire ⁠Chairman Mukesh ​Ambani said ​on Thursday. View the full article

Separately, Tata Group is ​planning to deploy ​ChatGPT Enterprise across the company over the ‌next several years, starting ​with ​hundreds ⁠of thousands of employees, OpenAI added. View the full article

With this integration, Pine Labs becomes OpenAI’s first payments partner for ChatGPT in India, allowing merchants on its network to process transactions initiated through AI-led interfaces. View the full article

Alexandr Wang, Meta's new chief AI officer and head of its Superintelligence Labs, spoke to Himanshi Lohchab and Sruthijith KK about the tech giant's plans to deploy AI at scale across its apps, guided by Mark Zuckerberg's vision of "personal superintelligence". Wang, 29, is in India for the AI Impact Summit. Excerpts: View the full article

The startup said on Wednesday the investors included chip companies AMD, Nvidia, software firm Autodesk , Emerson Collective, Fidelity Management & Research Company and ‌Sea, among ⁠others. View the full article

As the ChatGPT maker prepares to spend trillions in infrastructure investment, the overall valuation of the company, including the eventual funding, could exceed $850 billion, according to some of the people. That’s higher than the $830 billion initially expected. The company’s pre-money value will remain $730 billion, said one person, all of whom asked not to be identified discussing private information. View the full article

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, laid out an expansive road map for India's AI future, announcing fresh commitments in infrastructure, skilling, public-sector partnerships and scientific research. Google is advancing its previously announced $15 billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam and unveiled the India-America Connect initiative. This will establish new subsea cable routes boosting AI connectivity among the US, India and other parts of the southern hemisphere. View the full article

Thomas Davin, UNICEF’s global innovation director, said blanket social media bans won’t work everywhere, as their impact depends on a country’s development and socio-economic conditions. He added that children in developing nations, including India, need access to AI and online services for education and economic security. Davin questioned whether age-based restrictions alone would be effective in India. View the full article

IIT Bay Area alumni-founded ventures are showing strong momentum across applied and enterprise AI orchestration, verticalised AI in healthcare and fintech, AI governance frameworks, semiconductor innovation, climate tech, and AI-native SaaS models, said Rao Charagondla, chief financial officer and board member of the alumni association. View the full article

As the European Union pushes ahead with its sweeping AI Act, Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president of the European Commission for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, is clear that the bloc does not see regulation and innovation as opposing forces. View the full article

Supported by a deep talent pool and strong digital public infrastructure, India is well positioned to be a leader in AI and demonstrate its mass adoption and deployment in society, former British prime minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday. View the full article