India Mismanages AI Summit But Sparks Debate

India hosted the AI Impact Summit this week featuring global leaders including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, but the event drew criticism for poor execution, traffic snarls and controversy over a Chinese robot dog. Despite operational failings, major pledges from Reliance and Adani and minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s claim of over $200 billion in commitments have refocused attention on who owns compute, what access costs, and whether India can build globally consequential AI companies.