Miscellaneous News

Chevalier

Major
Registered Member
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

India’s Big AI Moment Starts on Chaotic Note​


India’s biggest business summit in years descended into chaos this week after hundreds of delegates were left stranded without food or water during a sudden security lockdown, a black eye for a marquee gathering that was supposed to trumpet the country’s AI ascendancy.

The chaos that gripped day one of the India AI Summit gave way to a steadier rhythm on Tuesday as attendees moved between the halls of Bharat Mandapam, a vast exhibition complex in New Delhi.

Coffee lines were shorter than the previous day, and golf carts ferrying delegates moved easily from one end of the venue to the other. A group of students from a local engineering school walked purposefully toward an exhibition hall where tech companies — from Nvidia Corp. and Dell Technologies Inc. to Deloitte LLP — showcased their latest offerings at kiosks.

For Moses Thiga, a speaker from Kenya, the scale of the summit is “mind-blowing,” and he is struck by the “significant presence” of multinational companies. He had no complaints about the frenzy that unfolded on the opening day, when hundreds of attendees found themselves either locked in or locked out of the venue for hours.

Thiga said everything was running smoothly until Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed up. The security detail accompanying him sealed the entire complex, restricting access. Many attendees said they remained indoors for hours without food or water until Modi departed.

“Coming from Kenya, I know what ‘the government is coming’ means. It means everything is shut down,” Thiga said.

The summit drew more than 250,000 registrations, prompting authorities to implement traffic management and heightened security measures. Armed security personnel were stationed throughout the complex. Two hospital ambulances and a fire truck stood parked near kiosks for Starbucks, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

Young tech entrepreneurs could be seen taking coffee breaks near the stalls.
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
, legal and investment head at US-based NodeOps, said she hopes to draw attention to the company’s decentralized AI execution platform.

“AI always boils down to compute, and we’re here to show that it’s not always necessary to rely on big players and face huge bills from day one. There are cost-effective options,” Kohli said.

She added that the disruption caused by Modi’s visit should not overshadow the event. Kohli said she did not face difficulties and sees operations settling as attendees grow more familiar with the venue and its security protocols.

Inside one exhibition hall, where companies demonstrated AI features embedded in their software and hardware,
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
, an equity partner at Deloitte, networked with Indian peers.

She had planned to fly to Mumbai on Tuesday but extended her stay by a day after being unable to explore the summit during Monday’s security lockdown. Part of a government delegation representing Hamburg, Germany, Lorange said they are looking at India because of its population scale, software industry and track record of producing global tech leaders.

“Many engineers come from India, including to Germany. There’s also significant offshoring, and we do a great deal of development work with India. Given how much technology and talent is coming out of the country, it’s something we’re keen to look at more closely,” she said.

Layered onto this is a broader geopolitical unease. The shift in global order under US President Donald Trump — and the unpredictability it introduced into transatlantic ties — echoes among some European delegates.

Philippe Wieczorek of an AI research institute at Université Grenoble Alpes, said he’s looking at India as a potential partner when it comes to AI and sovereignty. Under Trump’s presidency, he said the US is not a reliable partner when it comes to data sharing.

“On the AI side, the concern is that AI consumes a lot of data. With American companies, we provide them with data, and there’s skepticism — even fear — about how that data is used and whether it could be lost or misused,” he said.

“Coming to India is not just about visiting and making contacts. It’s about building long-term collaborations and partnerships.”



I saw something about this AI summit in the news yesterday but didn't really pay much attention to it initially. Well somehow India somehow managed to turn it into something again lol
The shameless lying is inexplicable

 

horse

Brigadier
Registered Member
Demographics concern about the PRC were projections all along!

Yeah, guess the end game to that narrative is too clear now.

The white American says China will collapse due to demographics.

This is the dog whistle.

The white American cannot say white America demographics are collapsing. Some white Americans fears that their white American demographic collapse will see them replaced by black or brown people. Or worst, Chinese!

But they cannot say that due to not wanting to be cancelled as a racist. So they bash China on the same issue, without mentioning their real concerns, and hope that the issue is raised by someone.

In China, it is different. Chinese demographic collapse, provided it actually happens, the Chinese will be replaced by robots and not black or brown people.

Pretty soon, once the white American realizes this, the white American will be wanting to be going through a very Chinese period in their life!

:D
 

Faisal Iqbal

Junior Member
Registered Member

One little slip,

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

Neha Singh, the professor seen in the video, later told reporters her remarks had been misunderstood. "It might be that I could not convey well what I wanted to say, or you could not understand well what I wanted to say," she said.

Social media users, however, accused the university of dishonesty.

Reports said that following the backlash, the university was asked to vacate its stall at the summit. Faculty members said they had received no official communication to do so.

But hours later, news agency Press Trust of India reported that electricity supply to the stall was cut off following the controversy.
 

siegecrossbow

Field Marshall
Staff member
Super Moderator
American Democrat media reporting on China's CNY robot dance.

Chinese New Year? No its the Lunar New Year! Because we say so!
Chinese robots could do kungfu and dance? Its all programmed and choreographed. Chinese robots can't operate autonomously anyway.
Chinese robots could wield a sword and perform kicks? Naah... American robots can roll around like an RC car with a claymore. Now that's real firepower.

View attachment 169896
I don’t really understand the cope. Even if the accusations were true (which they aren’t by a long stretch), Unitree is not a complete solution in and of itself. The point of the demonstration isn’t that it is already a completely autonomous do everything robot but that if you want to make one and are developing an AI solution, a very capable body with tremendous strength and precision of control is there for you to toy with.
 

Randomuser

Major
Registered Member
Who else finds it annoying SCMP using idiotic ‘Lunar New Year’ instead of Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. They are not a Western media. They are a Chinese media owned by Alibaba operating in Hong Kong and should use Chinese terms. I think a message from the authorities to SCMP editors to change the wording should be given. Chinese territory, Chinese terms. End of.
The government in general is not doing enough to change it. I see this Lunar New Year spammed everywhere. There should be more top down action to take against this erasure.
 

siegecrossbow

Field Marshall
Staff member
Super Moderator

a delegate couldn’t stand being so close to Traitor Lai Ching Te and puked, it occurred in a temple as well do take from it what you will, divine disfavour upon traitors.

It’s not just any temple but the temple of Guan Yu, the Chinese God of War. Which begs the question of why a bunch of Japanese Larpers want to celebrate at a uniquely Chinese place of worship when they rather be called sailfish people than ethnic Han Chinese people in demographics census.

Either way it looks like there is high chance that AR 2027 will be a fantasy made real.

 
Top