UN Chief Confirms India Visit for AI Impact Summit on Feb. 19–20
He will link the New Delhi meetings to the UN’s Global Digital Compact, with an independent scientific panel guiding evidence-based discussions.
Overview
- Antonio Guterres said he will attend the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi and praised India’s leadership.
- The gathering is billed as the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South and is framed around “People, Planet, and Progress.”
- Guterres called AI an “absolutely crucial” international relations issue and urged broad participation, including civil society.
- He has recommended 40 experts from every region for appointment to an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, including IIT Madras scholar Balaraman Ravindran.
- The UN chief said the summit should mobilize support for AI capacity building in developing countries, which he described as a central objective.