AI Summit Live Updates: India builds, adopts new tech at unprecedented speed, says PM Narendra Modi

Best of AI is yet to come; world debating will AI concentrate power in hands of a few, or will it democratise opportunity for all, says Reliance Industries MD and Chairperson Mukesh Ambani at AI Impact Summit.

AI today has many limitations .. Hallucinations, that's one of the main issues blocking the use of AI in Enterprises.  But beyond hallucinations, understanding the world, understanding physical activities, the physical movement.  This is one of the next frontiers. The safety of AI is one of the existential issues Swarms of agents can be made to do completely reckless things and we don't yet have ways to understand or deal with this. 

At the AI Impact Summit 2026, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said, "India will be a powerhouse for AI across the world."

Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal says that Healthcare, education, deep research, medical sciences has a huge potential with AI

Jio with RIL will invest ₹10 lakh crore over the next 7 years starting this year, said Mukesh Ambani at AI Impact Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Artificial Intelligence represents a transformation of the same magnitude as historic turning points in human civilization.  “What is being seen and predicted today are only the initial signs of its impact. He stated that AI is making machines intelligent, but more importantly, it is multiplying human capability many times over,” he said. PM Modi emphasized that the difference this time lies in the unprecedented speed and unexpected scale. He noted that earlier, the impact of technology took decades to manifest, but today, the journey from machine learning to learning machines is fast, deep, and wide. He underlined that this requires a larger vision and equally greater responsibility.

“India sees a strong future in AI. We have the talent, energy capacity, and policy clarity. I am pleased to inform you all that at this summit, three Indian companies have launched their AI models and apps. These models showcase the talent of our youth...I invite you all to design and develop in India, deliver to the world, humanity…” PM Modi said at the AI Impact Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "For AI, humans are just data points. To ensure that humans are not reduced to mere raw material, AI must be democratised. It must be made a medium for inclusion and empowerment, especially in the Global South. We must give AI an open sky and also keep the command in our hands, like GPS. GPS shows us the way, but the final call on which direction we should go is ours. The direction in which we take AI today will determine our future."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said AI should not become a  monopoly but a multiplier. "This is India's  human vision for the AI-led 21st century world," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "We are the largest tech talent pool and biggest tech enabled ecosystem."

French President Emmanuel Macron today said that India has proved the world wrong in digital adoption. “Ten years ago the world told India that 1.4 billion cannot be brought under the digital economy, but India proved them wrong," he said during the inaugural ceremony of the AI Impact Summit. 

"Strong partnerships are needed for new AI solutions. We do believe in innovation and we do believe in a better place and a better world. The old world said you compete or lose, the new world says connect or fall behind," he said.

A digital identity has been built for 1.4 billion citizens, 500 million digital health IDs have been issued, said French President Emmanuel Macron.

"Last year when France and India co-hosted the AI Action Summit in Paris, we set a global guiding principle for technologies that would transform our societies and our economies. We say that AI will be an enabler for our humanity to innovate faster, to disrupt healthcare, energy, mobility, agriculture, and public services for the good of mankind. Both of us, we do believe in this revolution. AI has become a major field of strategic competition, and big tech got even bigger," said French President Emmanuel Macron.

Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and OpenAI have announced a multi-dimensional strategic partnership that will drive AI-powered innovation across enterprise, consumer, and social sectors. This partnership spans multiple high-impact areas, including powering AI-led innovation across Tata Group companies, joint efforts to drive AI transformation across industries globally, and setting up AI infrastructure.