New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a roundtable meeting with a dozen Indian artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups on Thursday, ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 scheduled for next month, and emphasised the need to ensure that Indian AI models are ethical, unbiased, transparent, and based on data privacy principles.

The 12 start-ups - selected under the India AI Mission to develop AI models tailored to India's linguistic, social and economic context - briefed the PM on their ongoing work and the progress of their models.

In the meeting at his residence, the PM said India should develop AI models that reflect the idea of "Made in India, Made for the World", while promoting local and indigenous content and re...