AI Summit 2026: Free speech should be based on respect, transparency: Macron says 'highest point' in bilateral ties

AI Summit 2026 Highlights: The India AI Impact Summit 2026 is being held at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It is the first AI Summit to be held in the Global South. The previous sessions were organised in the UK, South Korea, and France.

AI Summit 2026 Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Opening Ceremony of India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi (DPR PMO)

AI Summit 2026 Highlights: Day 4 of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi kicked off on Thursday with an opening address from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his address, the prime minister stated that while some fear artificial intelligence, India sees the future in it and will be leading the AI revolution....Read More

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• 19 Feb 2026, 11:03:28 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 highlights: PM Modi holds talks with top leaders of Greece, Switzerland, Netherlands| Top points

  AI Summit 2026 highlights: Top highlights of the day are:
  - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral meetings with top leaders of Greece, Switzerland and the Netherlands, focusing on boosting ties in areas of trade and investment and critical technologies including semiconductors.

  -Speaking at the AI Summit 2026 opening ceremony, PM Modi revealed that India will be focusing on its AI development with the MANAV vision.

  -Coming from Mumbai, French President Emmanuel Macron praised India's digital transformation.

  -Mukesh Ambani has vowed an investment of up to ₹10 lakh crore over the next seven years to build India's AI ecosystem.

  -Despite being on a visit to India, Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates announced that he will be skipping the AI Summit in New Delhi.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:59:33 PM IST

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• 19 Feb 2026, 09:29:48 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: AI to change nature of software industry, says OpenAI CEO

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday said artificial intelligence will change the nature of software industry.

  Altman further said that it “will be bad for some”, adding that many others have a different value proposition, PTI news agency reported.

• 19 Feb 2026, 07:57:14 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Free speech should be based on respect, transparency: Macron says "highest point" in bilateral ties

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday emphasised that free speech must be grounded in respect and transparency, while asserting that the bilateral relationship between India and France is currently at its "highest point".

  Speaking on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Macron addressed concerns around free speech, stating, "As for the free speech, first, I saw a lot of people just quoting a small part of what I say, my point was just to say I do believe in free speech, but what does it mean? Free speech means I will listen to you, you will listen to me, and we are in an equal relationship." (ANI)

• 19 Feb 2026, 07:38:49 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Watch | Google CEO Sundar Pichai visits Coffee Board stall at AI Impact Summit

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday visited the commerce ministry's offee Board stall at the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

  “When @SundarPichai drops by for a sip, you know it's truly worth it! The world is raising a cup to Bharat GI Coffee at #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026,” commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said in a post on social media platform X.

  Pichai interacted with baristas (trained coffee professionals) while having India's premium Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged coffees.

• 19 Feb 2026, 07:09:26 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Leading Indian firms, Indian innovators make ‘New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments’, says Vaishnaw

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said frontier AI companies, along with Indian innovators, have committed to advance understanding of real-world AI usage to support policies on various issues. Vaishnaw said this has been done under the 'New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments', PTI reported.

  “Leading frontier AI companies, along with India's own innovators such as Sarvam, Bharatjan, Yani and Soket, have come together to make a set of voluntary commitments that reflect a shared vision for inclusive and responsible AI,” he said.

• 19 Feb 2026, 06:07:11 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Bilateral ties between India and France at highest point, says President Macron

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said ties between France and India are at “the highest point.” “We want to do much more again because it's based on all our relations,” he said, adding that he has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit in July.

  “He will come and he will be the special guest of our G7 as the President of the BRICS. And I will come back next year. He invited me and I would honor this invitation to go further,” Macron told reporters.

• 19 Feb 2026, 05:45:55 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: India must move from being tech services-led to IP-led, says Roshni Nadar Malhotra

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, on Thursday highlighted the importance for India to transition from technology-led to IP-services led.

  “India must move from being a tech services-led nation to an IP-led nation; services scale with effort. IP scales infinitely,” she said while speaking at the AI Impact Summit 2026.

• 19 Feb 2026, 05:34:56 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: PM holds meeting with Netherlands PM Dick Schoof amid summit

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit.

  Earlier today, Schoof hailed the AI Impact Summit 2026, noting an artificial intelligence boom in India. “AI is booming here in India. On this first day of my visit, I spoke with various experts about AI technology and policy and India's role in this area on the world stage. I also took part in a conference attended by representatives of government, the business sector, and civil society,” Schoof said in a post on X.

• 19 Feb 2026, 05:25:58 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Look forward to hosting 2027 AI Summit in Geneva, says Swiss prez

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Swiss President Guy Parmelin on Thursday said he looks forward to hosting the 2027 AI Summit in Geneva. Parmelin was speaking on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Thursday at a press conference.

  Parmelin said he further looks forward “to working with the subsequent incoming host of the 2028 AI summit United Arab Emirates as partner for the Geneva Summit.”

• 19 Feb 2026, 04:26:14 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: You can succeed anywhere if you crack the code in India, Schneider Electric CEO says

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Olivier Blum, chief executive officer of Schneider Electric, said on Thursday that if one cracks the code in India, they can succeed anywhere in the world.

  “We are starting a new phase of the planet, a new technology revolution, which is called AI, where India can be the place where a lot of innovation starts with,” Olivier said, expressing confidence that India can innovate the next technology that will make the world more efficient.

  “The level of innovation I know in India, some people also say 'jugaad' in India. But the level of creativity that you can have in India, yet new system that will solve the most complex problem of the planet can be done in this country,” the Schneider Electric CEO said.

• 19 Feb 2026, 03:45:06 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: AI to change nature of software industry, says OpenAI CEO

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday said artificial intelligence will change the nature of software industry.

  Altman further said that it “will be bad for some”, adding that many others have a different value proposition, PTI news agency reported.

• 19 Feb 2026, 03:13:09 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: India has world-class developers building genius things to solve societal challenges, says Meta Chief AI Officer

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Chief AI Officer for Meta, Alexandr Wang, on Thursday said that India has “world-class developers” who are building “genius things” to sove societal challenges.

  “Across India, creators use our AI to automatically translate reels into the language of the person watching. Small businesses talk to customers through WhatsApp business agents that they create in 10 minutes on their phones, and they use our Gen AI tools to create ads and reach customers way more efficiently than they ever could before,” Wang said at the AI Impact Summit.

  He said that this usage gives Meta confidence about what they are building, adding that new models will be released this year, and the next one will be launched over the next couple of months.

• 19 Feb 2026, 02:58:17 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: PM Modi meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Al Nahyan

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince HH Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit, ANI news agency reported.

  The Crown Prince arrived in New Delhi a day earlier to attend the summit. Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, stated that India and the UAE are trusted partners who are working to advance AI.

• 19 Feb 2026, 02:43:52 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Summit great recognition of importance of countries coming together, says Accenture CEO

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Accenture, Julie Sweet, on Thursday said the AI Impact Summit has been a “great recognition of the importance of countries coming together, private sector and the public sector, and it's really been a great testimony to the importance of India as well.”

  “One of the themes of the summit has been the importance of inclusive growth, inclusive AI, and I think the fact that there are so many people here from around the world tells you that leaders are committed to this,” Sweet told PTI news agency.

• 19 Feb 2026, 02:30:11 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Bill Gates a no-show at Delhi summit

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Despite being on a visit to India, Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates announced that he will be skipping the AI Summit in New Delhi.

  Gates pulled out of the summit hours before his scheduled keynote address on Thursday. His absence comes days after Nvidia's Jensen Huang also withdrew from the evemt.

  The Gates Foundation said the billionaire will not deliver his address "to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit's key priorities". Only days ago, the foundation had dismissed rumours of his absence and insisted he was on track to attend.

  Gates' cancellation follows the release of emails last month by the US Department of Justice that included communication between late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the Gates Foundation's staff.

• 19 Feb 2026, 02:12:18 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Japan PM calls for creation of ‘safe, secure and trustworthy’ AI

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Japan PM Sanae Takaichi, through a video message at the AI Summit 2026 in New Delhi, called for the creation of safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems.

  “The goal of the summit is to harness the transformative impact of AI for inclusive growth and protection of plant in a way that benefits all of humanity,” said the Japanese PM, adding that there is a need to create a safe, secure and trustworthy AI ecosystem to minimise the risks posed by artificial intelligence.

• 19 Feb 2026, 02:02:38 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Human capital is our strength, says Seychelles President

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Seychelles President Patrick Herminie has welcomed the approach adopted by India towards the growth of AI with a humanised approach.

  Speaking at the Leaders' Plenary meeting, Herminie stated that the small island country may not have many resources, but has human capital that has duty and values.

  The leader also spoke about using AI to improve governance, building resilience, reducing the cost of living, bio safety and security and diversification of the economy, as it called for support for other countries in the region.

• 19 Feb 2026, 01:45:43 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: OpenAI's Altman says world 'urgently' needs AI regulation

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, said that the world "urgently" needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology.

  An organisation could be set up to coordinate these efforts, similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said.

  "Democratisation of AI is the best way to ensure humanity flourishes," he said on stage, adding that "centralisation of this technology in one company or country could lead to ruin", he said at the Delhi AI Summit 2026.

• 19 Feb 2026, 01:21:01 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Need to create a roadmap for responsible AI, says Modi at plenary session

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Speaking at the Leaders' Penary Session at the Indian AI Impact summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi caled for world leaders to create a roadmap for responsible AI..

  “We should come together to create a roadmap for responsible impact of AI,” he said. The prime minister further added that AI can be converted into an opportunity.

  “If we look at history, humanity converted every disruption into new opportunity; we have same opportunity and must convert it into progress,” said Modi.

• 19 Feb 2026, 01:08:08 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Need to use AI to solve the problems in the Global South, says Microsoft vice chairman

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit, Microsoft Vice Chairman Brad Smith called on the need to use artificial intelligence in the Global South to address the problems in the Global South.

• 19 Feb 2026, 01:04:13 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: 'India well-positioned to led in AI,' says Sam Altman

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: While talking about how important India is for ChatGPT and the progress it has made in AI, Altman said, “One and a hundred million people in India use ChatGPT every week. India is also the fastest growing market now for CodeX. India, the world's largest democracy, is well-positioned to lead in AI not just to build it but to shape it and decide what our future is going to look like”.

• 19 Feb 2026, 12:58:06 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Sam Altman says ‘incredible to India’s leadership and advanced AI'

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the AI Summit on Thursday and said that it was "incredible to India’s leadership and advanced AI".

  “It is striking how much progress India has made in its mission to put AI to work for more people in more parts of the country. And India's leadership in sovereign AI… has been great to watch”.

• 19 Feb 2026, 12:49:20 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Wipro's Rishad Premji addresses AI Summit

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Wipro's executive chairman Rishad Premji addressed the AI Summit on Thursday and said, “Once in a generation a technology emerges that doesn't just change what we can do, but truly changes what we must do. AI for me is certainly that technology”.

• 19 Feb 2026, 12:36:44 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: India will be powerhouse for AI, says Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, while speaking at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, said that India will be a powerhouse for AI.

  “India will be powerhouse for Artificial Intelligence across the world,” he said, echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that New Delhi will be leading and shaping the AI revolution.

• 19 Feb 2026, 12:27:39 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Summit at Bharat Mandapam brings Delhi to a standstill

  

  A massive traffic jam is seen over NH24 due to the security arrangements around Bharat Mandapam for AI Summit near Sarai Kale Khan in New Delhi, India, (Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: The India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi has brought traffic snarls and disruption to the national capital of 30 million people. Throughout the week, traffic disruptions have been reported across Delhi. However, on Thursday, VIP and VVIP movement resulted in road closure near Bharat Mandapam, adding to the chaos.

• 19 Feb 2026, 12:02:09 PM IST

  AI Summit 2026 Live: Jio, Reliance vow ₹10 lakh crore investment towards AI over next 7 years.

  AI Summit 2026 Live: Mukesh Ambani has announced that Jio, together with Reliance, will be investing ₹10 lakh crore over the next 7 years, starting this year, to build AI.

  Speaking at the AI Summit in New Delhi, Ambani added that the investment will contribute to patient, discipline national building capital.

• 19 Feb 2026, 11:47:21 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Ambani predicts India will be an AI powerhouse.

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Speaking at the AI Impact Summit, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani has predicted that India will emerge as one of the greatest powers in the world in the 21st century

  "No country can match India's strength in democracy, AI harvest, and infrastructure," Ambani added.

• 19 Feb 2026, 11:41:18 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: AI is the mantra, says Ambani

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Delivering his keynote address, Reliance Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has stated that artificial intelligence is the key mantra for technology these days.

• 19 Feb 2026, 11:40:08 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Sessions lined up for Day 4

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: As per the official website for the India AI Impact Summit, Day 4's sessions include a keynote address by Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

  Along with Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises; Shantanu Narayen, Chairman and CEO, Adobe; Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic; Rishad Premji, Executive Chairman, Wipro

  and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, are expected to address the summit in Delhi today

• 19 Feb 2026, 11:19:08 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Vaishnaw introduces New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Frontier AI companies, along with India's own innovators, have committed to advancing understanding of real-world AI usage to support policies on various issues, including jobs, with multilingual and contextual evaluations under the 'New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments', IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

  He added that under the 'New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments', "leading frontier AI companies, along with India's own innovators such as Sarvam, Bharatjan, Yani and Soket, have come together to make a set of voluntary commitments that reflect a shared vision for inclusive and responsible AI".

  "This initiative positions India at the forefront of building a Global South-led perspective on AI governance, one that balances innovation with equity and real-world impact," the minister said.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:53:15 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: India has talent, policy clarity and energy for AI, says PM

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Speaking at the AI Impact India Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India sees the future in artificial intelligence, adding that the country has the “talent, energy and policy clarity” for the same.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:46:08 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: PM unveils MANAV vision for artificial intelligence

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has revealed the MANAV vision for artificial intelligence at the AI Impact Summit. This vision would lay out a human vision for technology as follows -

  M - moral and ethical systems

  A - accountable governance

  N - national sovereignty

  A - accessible and inclusive

  V - valid and legitimate

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:42:42 AM IST

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE:PM Modi calls for the democratisation of articial intelligence

  AI Summit 2026 LIVE: During his remarks at the AI Summit 2026, PM Modi called for the democratisation of artificial intelligence. Stating that the benchmark for AI development must be "Welfare and happiness for all," the Prime Minister added that AI needs to be given an open sky while the reins of the commands stay with humans.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:36:22 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: India makes new tech and uses it to its full potential, says Modi

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Speaking at the India AI Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made new technology, which is then used and utlised to its fullest potential in the country.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:26:09 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Macron calls for strict measures on digital abuse, social media curbs for children

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron has called for stricter measures on digital abuse and social media curbs for children.

  Macron's remark comes after a concerning trend took over X where AI chatbot Grok was asked to generate sexual images of women and minor girls.

  Apart from digital abuse, Macron also called for social media curbs, especially for children.

  "We must protect our children, especially from content online which is legally forbidden in the real world," said Macron.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:20:41 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Macron praises UPI, says India built a system no other country has

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron has praised India's digital payment system - UPI. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit at Delhi, the French president stated that with the UPI system, India has built something no other country has.

  UPI is also available in France since 2024. The service was introduced at the Eiffel Tower, allowing tourists to make seamless payments in Indian Rupees.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:13:25 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Emmanuel Macron takes the stage

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron is on three-day visit to India. After wrapping up his trip to Mumbai, the French President is now in New Delhi for the AI Summit in Bharat Mandapam.

• 19 Feb 2026, 10:05:55 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: UN Chief Guterres hails India for organising first AI summit in Global South

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed India for holding the first-ever AI summit in the Global South. His remarks come as the UN chief highlighted that AI belongs to everyone and cannot stay in the hands of a few select countries or billionaires.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:58:32 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes stage

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Google CEO Sundar Pichai is among the keynote speakers on Day 4 of the AI Impact summit in India. The Alphabet head highlighted the base of growth and change in India

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:54:23 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Anthropic CEO highlights India's central role in AI development

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei while delivering his keynote address at the AI Impact Summit highlighted India's central role in the development of artificial intelligence.

  As per Amodei, India plays a key role in understanding the opportunity AI provides as well as the risks that come with the development of artificial intelligence.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:51:35 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Dario Amodei, N Chandrasekaran take the stage

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: The event began with opening remarks and a welcome address by Union Minister of Electronics & IT Ashwani Vaishnaw.

  After Vaishnaw, keynote remarks were by delivered by N Chandrasekaran (Chairman, Tata Sons). At the moment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is on the stage.

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and French President Emmanuel Macron will also address the summit.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:44:54 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: PM Modi with world leaders at Delhi Summit

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat with world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, among others at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 ahead of his address.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:38:15 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Sergio Gor shares pic with Sundar Pichai at AI Summit

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: The US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor attended the ongoing India AI Impact Summit 2026 and shared a picture with Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a post on X.

  “India AI Impact Summit in full swing!” he wrote in the post.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:21:41 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: World leaders scheduled to appear today

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Heads of state from 20 countries are now in New Delhi to attend the India AI Impact Summit 2026. As per the Ministry of External Affairs, the world leaders will be attending the summit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These leaders are -

  Bhutan - Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister

  Bolivia - Edmand Lara Montano, Vice President

  Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President

  Croatia - Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister

  Estonia - Alar Karis, President

  Finland - Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister

  France - Emmanuel Macron, President

  Greece - Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister

  Guyana - Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President

  Kazakhstan - Olzhas Bektenov, Prime Minister

  Liechtenstein - Hereditary Prince Alois, Hereditary Prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein

  Mauritius - Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister

  Serbia - Aleksandar Vučić, President

  Slovakia - Peter Pellegrini, President

  Spain - Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President

  Sri Lanka - Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President

  Seychelles - Sebastien Pillay, Vice President

  Switzerland - Guy Parmelin, President

  The Netherlands - Dick Schoof, Prime Minister

  United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

• 19 Feb 2026, 09:04:46 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: What is the schedule for Day 4?

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick off the fourth day of the AI Summit in Delhi.

  The event will begin with opening remarks and a welcome address by Union Minister of Electronics & IT Ashwani Vaishnaw.

  After Vaishnaw, keynote remarks will be delivered by N Chandrasekaran (Chairman, Tata Sons), Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic) and Sundar Pichai (CEO, Google).

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and French President Emmanuel Macron will also address the summit.

  The opening ceremony will come to an end with a final address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  Throughout the day, addresses from Mukesh Ambani, Sam Altman, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Rishad Premji and more will be held.

• 19 Feb 2026, 08:46:41 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Bill Gates to skip summit

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and Gates Foundation chair, will not be attending the AI Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

  As per an official statement issued by the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates are decided to skip the summit to ensure their is “focus on the key priorities” of the AI venture.

• 19 Feb 2026, 08:32:33 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Macron shares ‘photo’ with Modi ahead of Delhi visit

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday shared an AI-generated photo with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid French leader's 3-day visit to India as he is set to attend the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi on Thursday.

  “When friends connect, innovation follows. Ready for The AI Impact Summit! (sic),” Macron said in the caption of the photo.

• 19 Feb 2026, 08:10:34 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Delhi braces for traffic jams, road congestion

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Traffic across Delhi came to a standstill for another day on Wednesday as a slew of road closures were enforced across the city when 22 heads of state arrived – not just at Bharat Mandapam for the AI Summit, but also at sight-seeing locations across south and central Delhi – leaving the general public stranded on the roads for hours on end.

  Traffic officials said the situation was anticipated. “The situation was comparatively better on Monday and Tuesday because only five heads of state had arrived, but with the remaining 17 arriving on Wednesday, we had a far more complicated task at hand,” a senior traffic officer said on condition of anonymity.

• 19 Feb 2026, 08:08:58 AM IST

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: World leaders expected at summit today

  AI Impact Summit 2026 live updates: Key heads of states flew down to India ealrier this week to attend the AI Summit in Delhi. As per reports, French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof and many others are expected to attend Day 4 of the summit.

  As per the prime minister's office, the Leaders' Plenary will take place around 12 noon today which aims to bring together Heads of State, ministers, and senior representatives from multilateral institutions to outline national and global priorities on AI, including governance, infrastructure, and international cooperation.