New Delhi: Come this Monday and Tuesday, Paris, the city of love, will host a different kind of romance—one where world leaders profess their commitment to “safe, inclusive, and collaborative” AI. But behind these poetic declarations, the AI race is anything but harmonious. It is a battle for technological and geopolitical dominance, where global powers are less interested in shared trust and more in securing control.

For India, this summit presents a moment of reckoning. Despite being a co-host, our AI strategy remains a work-in-progress—long on ambition but short on execution. While the U.S., China, and the EU push forward with clear AI strategies tailored to their geopolitical priorities, India risks being a bystander in a game where rules are being written by others. If we don’t move beyond summits and speeches, we will find ourselves in a world where AI regulations, access to compute, and global talent mobility are dictated by those who acted decisively when it mattered.

India’s policy approach to AI has so far been tentative, largely reactive, and missing a coherent vision. Our political discourse is filled with promises of digital transformation, but the structural investments in computing infrastructure, R&D, and regulatory frameworks remain limited. We have a personal data protection law, but no clear AI regulatory text.........

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