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MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, with other participants at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

India needs to deepen its semiconductor ecosystem across components, materials, chemicals, equipment and advanced packaging as it works towards its broader electronics manufacturing ambitions, Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), said at the Bharat Electronics Component Manufacturing Summit 2026 in New Delhi on August 19. Addressing the summit, Pal said… Continue reading MeitY’s Sushil Pal Stresses Components, Materials for India’s Semiconductor Drive

India-EU Join Forces on Frontier AI Models to Challenge U.S. Dominance

Henna Virkkunen speaks after the third India-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting in Brussels, where India and the EU expanded cooperation on frontier AI and computing capacity.

India and the European Union are moving to build their own frontier AI models and computing capacity as control over the world’s most advanced AI technologies tightens.

OpenAI’s India Boom: Massive Scale, Missing Ownership

India has become OpenAI’s second-largest market, surpassing 100 million weekly ChatGPT users. The rapid growth highlights extraordinary adoption, even as questions intensify around ownership, jobs, and who stands to benefit most from the AI boom.

India has become OpenAI’s second-largest market, surpassing 100 million weekly ChatGPT users. The rapid growth highlights extraordinary adoption, even as questions intensify around ownership, jobs, and who stands to benefit most from the AI boom.

Sovereign AI: India’s Moment or India’s Mirage?

As AI power centralises in the US and China, “Sovereign AI” concept at AI Impact Summit 2026 promises countries digital self‑reliance. India’s full‑stack AI strategy will test whether that promise can be turned into practice.

As AI power centralises in the US and China, “Sovereign AI” concept at AI Impact Summit 2026 promises countries digital self‑reliance. India’s full‑stack AI strategy will test whether that promise can be turned into practice.

This AI Summit, Let’s Address the Elephant in the Room, Not the Robo-Dog

Instead of addressing burning issues during the ongoing AI Impact Summit in India, a controversy from a private university has hogged the limelight.

Galgotias University ‘Robo-dog’ controversy at the AI Impact Summit 2026 should not take the limelight away from key issues facing the AI industry and the world.

AI Impact Summit 2026: Adani commits $100B for Sovereign AI

Adani Group of Companies have pledged a direct investment of $100 Billion to make AI ready data centers in India by 2035 during the ongoing AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

Adani Group of Companies have pledged a direct investment of $100 Billion to make AI ready data centers in India by 2035 during the ongoing AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.

OpenAI’s Gabriel Uses GPT as Social Measurement Tool

unstructured text and images into measurable data. Designed for social science research, the tool enables large-scale analysis of qualitative material while maintaining human-level evaluation accuracy.

OpenAI has released GABRIEL, an open-source toolkit that uses GPT to turn unstructured text and images into measurable data. Designed for social science research, the tool enables large-scale analysis of qualitative material while maintaining human-level evaluation accuracy.