India, Aug. 10 -- The AI Impact Summit, which India will host next year, is scheduled for February 19-20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The two-day event is expected to draw heads of State and top executives from major technology companies, with names like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai on the list. However, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not expected to attend, HT has learnt, with the company likely to be represented by its chief technology officer instead.

"Just as the Paris summit was called the AI Action Summit, the India edition is being branded the AI Impact Summit, signalling a shift from 'action' to 'impact,'" said a person aware of the preparations at the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY). "The idea is to a...