India, Feb. 19 -- India hosted the India AI Impact Summit with all the pomp and ambition of a nation ready to proclaim itself a technological powerhouse. The stage was global, the audience formidable. Leaders likeEmmanuel MacronandLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvawere in attendance, global tech heavyweights such asSundar Pichai,Sam AltmanandCristiano Amonwere expected to participate, and Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwas set to address the gathering. This was supposed to be India's moment - a confident announcement to the Global South that we are not just consuming artificial intelligence, we are building it. Instead, what stole the spotlight was not a breakthrough algorithm or a groundbreaking chip, but a robotic dog that could be ordered online. ...