"India Overtakes UK" In AI Rankings: Rishi Sunak At Delhi AI Summit

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, former UK PM Rishi Sunak declared "India can also lead the way on showing how AI can address the great challenges," spotlighting its India Stack as "universal digitally verified foundations on which AI applications can now reach 1.4 billion people." He contrasted ChatGPT's two-month sprint to 100 million users against telephone's 75 years, stressing "the real race... is the race for everyday AI" where "India has overtaken the UK into the medal places" via 90% optimism versus Western "mounting AI pessimism." Sunak hailed MindSpark doubling learning for 500,000 pupils, Kenya's Prompt Service aiding 3 million mothers at 74 cents each, and AgroSmart boosting yields 20%—delivering "twice the impact of the industrial revolution in just half the time" to "raise the floor for humanity