Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What you need to know It happened, and it was large. The Prime Minister inaugurated the India AI Impact Summit on 19 February 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The main days were 19 and 20 February, with the wider programme running from 16 February. Leaders from 20 nations attended. The theme was “Democratising AI, Bridging the AI Divide”. Eighty-nine endorsements, zero obligations. The New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact was endorsed by 89 countries and international organisations, per the Press Information Bureau. It is a political declaration, not a treaty. Nothing in it binds anyone to anything. Three platforms, one of them genuinely usable. The Charter for the Democratic Diffusion of AI, the Global AI Impact Commons and the Trusted AI Commons. Only one of the three currently…
