The India AI Impact Summit 2026 opened with a clear and urgent message from global technology leaders: artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that is outstripping the world’s ability to regulate, govern, and secure it. At the high-level inaugural session held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi and inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, Big Tech CEOs and global policymakers highlighted both the transformative potential of AI and the growing need for Responsible AI at Scale.

Unlike earlier global AI forums that largely celebrated innovation breakthroughs, the India AI Impact Summit 2026 marked a noticeable shift toward deeper concerns around risk, access, governance, a...