New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- India has secured a place in the Guinness World Records after nearly a quarter of a million people signed up to an artificial intelligence responsibility campaign within 24 hours, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Monday.

The record for the "Most pledges received for an AI responsibility campaign in 24 hours" was achieved with 250,946 valid pledges collected between 16 and 17 February.

The announcement was made at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, where the achievement was formally verified by a Guinness World Records adjudicator.

The campaign was organised under the IndiaAI Mission in partnership with Intel India and invited citi...