Major Fiasco at India's AI Summit! Trying to Compete with China and the US, but Details All Went Wrong
February 18, The New York Times reported: "The India AI Influence Summit, touted as 'the largest AI event in the Global South,' gathered representatives from over 100 countries and tech giants, aiming to rival the AI landscape of China and the US. However, the first day of the summit was a complete disaster: crowded venues, last-minute evacuations, stolen exhibits, inconvenient payments, and hotel prices skyrocketing by more than ten times, leading to widespread complaints from attendees. The Indian minister has publicly apologized. This ambitious technology summit was severely undermined by basic management flaws."
[Clever] First, manage the chaos, don't let technological aspirations fail on details! This Indian AI summit, with its high-profile slogans, aimed to seize the voice of AI in the Global South, but the first day turned into a major fiasco. Chaotic security, stolen exhibits, cash-only payments, and hotel prices soaring tenfold—clearly a face-saving project. History has already shown that the rise of a major power's technology is never about showiness, but about solid governance and service capabilities. Today, the global AI race is about computing power, ecosystem, and soft power. If you can't even maintain basic order at a summit, how can you challenge China and the US? No matter how big your ambitions are, they must be matched with solid fundamentals. When details collapse, even the most dazzling gimmicks cannot retain international trust!
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