India AI Impact Summit 2026: PM Modi said – Artificial Intelligence will enhance the capabilities of humanity

New Delhi, 19 February. Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for a group photo with global tech leaders including Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexander Wang, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Heartily welcomes you to the world’s largest and historic AI Impact Summit… India is home to the largest youth population in the world. It is home to the largest tech talent pool. It is an example of the largest tech enabled ecosystem.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “When signals were transmitted wirelessly for the first time, no one had even imagined that the entire world would one day be connected in real time. Artificial Intelligence is one such change in human history. What we are seeing today, what we are anticipating, is just the beginning of its impact. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said AI is making machines intelligent, but more than that, it is enhancing human capabilities manifold. There is just one difference: this The speed is higher and the scale is higher than expected. Before, the impact of technology would take decades to be seen. Today, the journey from machine learning to learning is faster, deeper and bigger than ever before. Modi said the speed at which the youth of the world are adopting AI and taking ownership of it is praiseworthy. There is tremendous enthusiasm among the youth regarding the AI ​​Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that we have to have a big vision and take up equally big responsibility. Along with the current generation, we also have to worry about what form of AI we will hand over to the future generations. So, the real question today is not what Artificial Intelligence can do in the future. The question is, what do we do with Artificial Intelligence in the present? Such questions have come before humanity before. The biggest example of this is nuclear power. We have seen its destruction as well as its positive contribution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that we have to make skilling, reskilling and lifelong learning a mass movement. The future of work will be inclusive, trusted and human-centric. If we move forward together, Artificial Intelligence will enhance humanity’s capabilities.

Narendra Modi said “For AI, humans are just data points. To ensure that humans do not become mere raw material, AI must be democratized. It must be made a medium of inclusion and empowerment, especially in the Global South. We must give AI open skies and put the command in our hands like GPS. GPS shows us the way, but the final decision on where we should go is ours. The direction we would have taken AI today. Yes, that will decide our future.