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India Is Well-Positioned to Lead in AI: Sunak Hails New Delhi's Tech Strides
Sunak highlighted India’s third-place AI ranking by Stanford and stressed government responsibility in AI adoption and workforce reskilling to build public trust.
- Rishi Sunak, the former UK prime minister, told delegates on Wednesday at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event India is well positioned to lead AI through mass adoption.
- Sunak pointed to India’s talent and digital 'distribution rails' as the foundation for scale, highlighting a deep talent pool and digital public infrastructure that enable AI to reach hundreds of millions amid optimism in India and the Global South, contrasting with anxiety in Western nations.
- Sunak called for education reform, wider digital literacy, and workforce re-skilling to build trust and support public-sector AI adoption, enabling citizens to take on new roles confidently.
- Citizens stand to see immediate improvements like better healthcare and faster government responses if public sector adopts AI, Sunak said, warning workforce roles will be redesigned requiring reskilling.
- During the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Sunak said frontier AI companies must be at the table, emphasizing `And that's what we are seeing at this Summit, with its focus rightly on impact.
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