India Hosts Mega AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, PM Modi Showcases Local AI Models and Pushes for Bigger Global Role

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:29am on 16 Feb 2026,Monday Tech Today

India began one of the world’s biggest AI summits in New Delhi on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to boost India’s role in the global AI race. Tech leaders like Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman and others are attending. French President Emmanuel Macron will give the keynote speech.   India plans to build low-cost AI models in many Indian languages. BharatGen will launch Param2, a 17-billion parameter model. Sarvam AI will also unveil a new voice-first system.   The government wants AI to help in education, health care and farming. Experts say India must invest more in research to compete with the US and China.

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