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Dear Readers,
Greetings from a hugely successful week in Delhi, where open source has been across the Summit agenda. You can see more about the conversations in the Main Summit events and Fringe. With dozens of events and hundreds of speakers covering open source and public good we have only been able to bring you a snapshot of individual events, reports shared at the summit and releases made. I also attended the 19th February Leaders Day and have captured the conversations from this and picked up on the progress made since Paris. Ā We hope for the many UK people who didnāt make the Summit that this will help to keep you up to date on key topics.
We were delighted to see the UK AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan, MP announce that the āUK will be the home of open source AIā and to have worked with him and some of our community – David Soria Parras, Kunal Kushawa, Dr Laura Gilbert, CBE, Matt Barker, and Sal Kimmich to bring this video together for the Summit and to share this with an audience of 1200 attendees at the High Commission party hosted by UK High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron, and to launch this with Kanishka and I speaking.
AI Openness Report from the Global AI Impact Summit
Read our report of all aspects of the AI Openness discussion and deliverables
AI Impact Summit Documentary
Our documentary short features Amanda Brock, David Soria Parras, Kunal Kushawa, Laura Giber, Matt Barker, Sal Kimmich and our UK AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan, who endorses both OpenUK and open source in AI. This was previewed at the UK High Commission in Indiaās Summit event hosted by High Commissioner, Lindy Cameron in her private residence, with 1200 guests.
OpenUK in the Press
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BW Business World reportsĀ “The Shift You Need To See Is Toward Leadership….”, Amanda Brock, CEO OpenUK On AI AdoptionĀ – 20 Feb
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BW Business World reportsĀ Why Leadership Strategy Now Determines Who Wins In The AI RaceĀ – 20 Feb
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MSN reportsĀ OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock advice for students on AI: Donāt take shortcuts, focus on understandingĀ – 19 Feb
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Digit In reportsĀ OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock advice for students on AI: Donāt take shortcuts, focus on understandingĀ – 19 Feb
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NDTV live updates onĀ AI Impact Summit 2026 Day 3: PM Modi To Inaugurate India AI Impact Summit 2026Ā Ā – 18 Feb
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Amanda Brock, chief executive of tech industry body OpenUK, thinks the answer is to force the AI companies to share how their products work so that others can build their own versions, make improvements and properly scrutinise the tech. She argues, āFor this summit to have any real impact for the Global South, there needs to be access for all to AI and that can only be achieved by opening it up,” on theĀ BBC Could Bill Gates and political tussles overshadow AI safety debate in Delhi?Ā – 17 Feb
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Storyboard 18 reportedĀ Who will be attending the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi? See list of tech mogulsĀ – 17 Feb
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Amanda Brock onĀ Ethical AI & Global CollaborationĀ for Sansad TV – 17 Feb
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CEO Amanda Brock tells CNN 18 thatĀ India is terribly ambitiousĀ Ā – 17 Feb
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Press Trust of India reportsĀ Developers key architect of AI; India stands at the centre: OpenUK CEO Brock – 17 Feb
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Rediff reports āIndia: Key AI Developer Hub | OpenUK CEO Interviewā – 17 Feb
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āAmanda Brock: Shaping Transparent & Accountable AIā on NDTV – 16 Feb
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PTI News āAI Summit: AI must serve humanity, says OpenUK CEO Amanda Brockā – 16 Feb
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Devdiscourse reportsĀ India’s Emerging Role in the Global AI FoundationĀ – 16 Feb
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Good Returns reportsĀ Developers as Key Architects of AI; India Plays Central Role, Says OpenUK CEO Amanda BrockĀ – 16 Feb
- CEO Amanda Brockās tech and open source pizza analogy shares howĀ India is at heart of open source and A.I., as it is U.K.Ā – 16 Feb
- Firstpost reportsĀ āIndia has opportunity to show open-source AI leadershipā: OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock at Global AI Summit – 16 Feb
- The Economic Times reports āDevelopers key architect of AI; India stands at the centre: OpenUK CEO Brockā – 16 Feb
- United News of India reportedĀ OpenUK champions AI sovereignty through Open Source at India AI Impact Summit 2026Ā – 14 Feb
- Bharat National reportsĀ India AI Summit 2026: Tech Giants Pichai, Altman, Gates, And Others to AttendĀ – 14 Feb
- Business Standard reportsĀ From aspiration to action: The promise of the India AI Impact SummitĀ – 3 Feb
- Digital Terminal India reportsĀ India AI Impact Summit 2026 Showcases Powerful Speaker Line-Up Shaping the Future of AIĀ – 3 Feb
- Best Media Info reportsĀ Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang and Mukesh Ambani to attend India AI Impact Summit 2026Ā – 3 Feb
The work we have done in India over the last few months has been important and engaged the local communities to have a true impact on open source. Making this kind of impactful change is a constant and gradual process. We are supporting change one step at a time. We have already begun to consider the next summit taking place in Geneva in 2027.
We will have a brief break after all the hard work before attending Mobile World Congress in early March, and look forward to sharing more of our work from it.
Best wishes,
Amanda
CEO, OpenUK and OpenHQ
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