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UN Chief Guterres in Delhi to Champion Inclusive AI and Warn of Global Risks

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where he will advocate for making artificial intelligence development more inclusive. He aims to ensure the international community fully understands both AI's potential and its risks, preventing policy from being dominated by a handful of governments or corporations. The summit has attracted significant global participation, including numerous world leaders. During his visit, Guterres is scheduled to meet with India's top leadership.

Key Points: UN Chief at Delhi AI Summit Pushes for Inclusive AI Policy

  • UN Chief to address AI inclusivity
  • Summit hosts 35k attendees from 100+ nations
  • Warns AI direction impacts all countries
  • Aims to prevent AI control by few
  • Will meet Indian leadership
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At Delhi summit, UN chief to pitch inclusivity in AI, alert world to risks​

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends India AI Summit, urging global inclusivity and risk awareness in artificial intelligence development.

"ensure that everyone has a seat at the table in terms of guiding policy - Stephane Dujarric"

United Nations, Feb 17

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres heads to New Delhi to participate in the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where he will press for making artificial intelligence more inclusive and for ensuring the world understands its risks, his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.​

Guterres is scheduled to speak at the opening session, where several world leaders and 35,000 people from over 100 countries have signed up to participate.​

Twenty prime ministers or presidents are at the summit, including President Emmanuel Macron of France, Pedro Sánchez Perez-Castejon of Spain, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.​

Guterres has extolled India's initiative to convene the summit.​

"I praise India for having assumed leadership in relation to these summits", he said at a news conference last month.​

Dujarric said at the summit, Guterres' "aim is to ensure that the international community fully understands all the potential and the risks of AI and that everyone has a seat at the table in terms of guiding policy, that it not just be left in the hands of a few governments or a few countries and a few companies.".

"Our lives will be implicated by the development of AI, in which direction it goes", he said. "And there are many, many countries that will be impacted greatly and yet may not have a say."​

Guterres wants to ensure that everyone has a say and decisions are based on facts and science, he added.​

Dujarric said that while in New Delhi, the secretary-general will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu.​

He will also speak with international leaders at the summit, as well as leading tech figures and members of the International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence that he set up last month.

- IANS

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Rohit P
Inclusivity is key. Many Indian startups are doing amazing work in AI for agriculture, healthcare in rural areas. Their voices need to be heard at such summits, not just the big tech giants from Silicon Valley.
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Aman W
While the summit is a good step, I hope the discussions lead to concrete action. We've seen many talks on "ethical AI" but implementation is weak. Also, will the policy frameworks consider countries like India with our unique digital divide challenges?
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Sarah B
The point about "many countries will be impacted greatly and yet may not have a say" is so true. Global South perspectives are crucial. AI shouldn't become another tool for technological colonialism.
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Vikram M
Great to see Delhi as the venue. Our IT talent pool is massive. Hope the summit also focuses on skilling our youth for the AI-driven future and creating job opportunities here, not just exporting talent.
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Karthik V
Respectfully, I hope the focus on "facts and science" doesn't ignore cultural and ethical dimensions. AI models trained mostly on Western data can have biases that don't align with Indian societal values. That needs to be on the table too.

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