World leaders, government officials and technology executives gathered in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, a week-long global gathering that has positioned the world’s most populous nation at the centre of an increasingly high-stakes conversation about the future of artificial intelligence. Themed ‘Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya’ — welfare and happiness for all — the summit is the fourth in a series of international AI meetings that began in 2023, following previous editions in the United Kingdom, France and South Korea. It is the first time the summit has been hosted in a developing nation, a deliberate signal that the Global South intends to move from the margins to the centre of the AI debate. Across keynote addresses and panel discussions, themes of responsible scaling...