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India AI Summit Yields Major Investments as Leaders Urge Open, Safer AI

Leaders urged open access paired with firm guardrails to keep AI benefits broad.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for democratising AI, unveiled the 'MANAV' framework, and said Indian companies launched new models at the summit to advance sovereign, inclusive development.
  • Google detailed a $15 billion India buildout, including a full‑stack AI hub in Visakhapatnam and new subsea cable routes to boost connectivity and compute.
  • OpenAI and Tata Consultancy Services announced plans to develop hyperscale AI data centre capacity in India, expanding local infrastructure for advanced systems.
  • UN Secretary‑General António Guterres proposed a US$3 billion Global Fund on AI to ensure open access, warning that without support many nations risk being locked out of the AI age.
  • OpenAI’s Sam Altman highlighted more than 100 million weekly ChatGPT users in India, warned early versions of superintelligence could arrive within a few years, and pressed for coordinated oversight.