India, Feb. 18 -- For years, the tech world has operated under a binary myth: either innovate fast and break things, or regulate and fall behind. But at the AI Impact Summit in Bharat Mandapam, a different narrative emerged. If the first era of India's tech story was about service exports, and the second was about Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), the third could be about trust.

As the global AI race accelerates into what experts call "powerful black boxes", the world is facing an evidence dilemma. The technology is moving faster than our ability to verify it. In this vacuum, India has an opportunity to move from being a consumer of frontier models to becoming a primary global auditor for AI.

Nicholas Miailhe, Co-founder of AI Safety...