India’s Role in the AI Impact Summit

India’s Role in the AI Debate

• India can lead the AI Impact Summit in February 2026, demonstrating that governments can steer AI for the public good.

• The summit can break attendance records and demonstrate that AI can advance inclusive growth, improve development, and protect the planet.

Bridging the Divide

• India has the standing and credibility to bridge the divide in the AI debate.

• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched a nationwide consultation to showcase how AI can advance inclusive growth, improve development, and protect the planet.

Suggestions for the Summit

• Measure what matters: India’s digital tools can serve everyone, and the Summit can borrow this spirit.

• Bring the global South to the front row: India should aim for wide participation and push for an AI for Billions Fund.

• Create a common safety check: India could create a Global AI Safety Collaborative to share red team scripts, incident logs, and stress tests on any model above an agreed compute line.

• Offer a middle road on rules: India can draft a voluntary frontier AI code of conduct, based on the Seoul pledge but adding teeth.

• Avoid fragmentation: The summit agenda must be broad, inclusive, and focused on global good.

The Path for India

• India cannot craft a global AI authority in one week, but it can stitch together what exists and make a serious push to share AI capacity with the global majority.