Tech billionaires fly to Delhi as Modi seeks to lead in the south

Silicon Valley tech billionaires are arriving in Delhi for a week-long AI Impact Summit hosted by prime minister Narendra Modi, where leaders from the global south will contest control over the fast-developing technology. Thousands of tech executives, government officials and AI safety experts are expected to attend.

Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the heads of Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, will be present as politicians such as Rishi Sunak and George Osborne press for wider AI adoption. The summit will bring together firms valued at trillions and leaders from countries including Kenya and Indonesia, where average wages dip well below $1,000 a month.

Modi is using the event to position India as an AI hub for south Asia and Africa, with sessions on agriculture, water supplies and public health and ministers attending from Kenya, Senegal, Mauritius, Togo, Indonesia and Egypt.

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