New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- A brief but noticeable moment at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 has sparked widespread chatter online, after the CEOs of rival artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic avoided holding hands during a group photo-op.

The moment, caught on camera during a high-profile appearance alongside Narendra Modi, has since gone viral, with social media users describing it as everything from "awkward" to a symbol of an ongoing "AI cold war".

After the keynote session at the summit on Tuesday morning, several global tech leaders were invited on stage for a photograph with the Prime Minister. Among those present were Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Alexandr Wang.

As the group assembled, Prime Minister ...