At the grand opening of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described artificial intelligence as a monumental pivot in human history, akin to its most defining eras. ‘Our present view of AI is but the dawn of its true magnitude,’ he declared Thursday.
This colossal gathering, the biggest AI conclave ever in a country embodying a sixth of global populace, underscores India’s stature. With its prodigious youth bulge, premier tech manpower, and surging digital landscape, India ideates and implements breakthroughs at lightning speed, Modi proclaimed.
Echoing the zeal of 1.4 billion tech-hungry citizens, he heartily welcomed global presidents, AI luminaries, and inventors. The robust youth engagement, he said, breeds infectious confidence.
Skepticism greets novel tech at first, yet the global younger generation’s embrace of AI – marked by pace and faith – is revolutionary, per Modi. He was thrilled by the expo’s ‘Made in India’ innovations addressing agri-challenges, security needs, aid for the specially-abled, and polyglot requirements, spotlighting national ingenuity.
Empowering machines is AI’s gift, but elevating humans multi-fold is its essence, Modi noted. He likened AI to a potent energy: wayward, it wreaks havoc; channeled, it resolves. ‘Open expanses for AI, human oversight mandatory,’ much like GPS guiding without dictating. Our choices now craft AI’s destiny.
AI promises elevated, inventive careers, entrepreneurial booms, and industrial renaissance, the PM forecasted. He advocated people-wide skill revolutions and lifelong education. Tomorrow’s workplaces: inclusive, dependable, humanity-driven. In solidarity, AI will catapult human prowess skyward.