Global AI giants, world leaders converge in New Delhi as India hosts major AI summit
Top executives from global AI giants will join several world leaders in New Delhi this week for a major artificial intelligence summit, at a time when India is trying to lure more investment in the industry.
The country is emerging as a hotspot for AI firms, with Alphabet’s Google GOOGL.O, Microsoft MSFT.O and Amazon AMZN.O already committing a combined $68 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure investment up to 2030.
Indian officials are positioning the India AI Impact Summit, which started on Monday, as a platform to amplify the voices of developing nations in global AI governance. Delhi marks the first time the global event is being held in the developing world.
“The theme of the summit is … welfare for all, happiness for all, reflecting our shared commitment to harnessing Artificial Intelligence for human-centric progress,” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X.
More than 250,000 visitors are expected to attend, with more than 300 exhibitors across a 70,000-square-metre expo held at Bharat Mandapam, a $300 million mega convention complex.
Key speakers at the summit include Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Reliance RELI.NS Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis who will address the event on Thursday.
