India Tells University to Leave AI Summit After Presenting Chinese Robot as Its Own, Sources Say

Visitors arrive at Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2026. An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra
Visitors arrive at Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2026. An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country's flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

By Munsif Vengattil

An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources said.

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