The India AI Impact Summit started in New Delhi on Monday. The event lasts five days. It brings policymakers and tech leaders together. They want to shift the AI focus from expensive model racing to practical use in public services. This year, the summit is hosted by the Indian government. It follows big AI summits held in the UK, South Korea, and France. This is the first time the event is in a developing country. India is now ranked third worldwide for AI competitiveness, after the US and China, according to Stanford University research. Experts say this summit is a chance to move away from only making bigger AI models. Instead, it focuses on using AI in everyday public services. The summit offers emerging economies a way to work together on AI as public infrastructure, without trying to outspend the big players.