New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- After a Chinese-manufactured robotic dog displayed at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi sparked online backlash for claiming to be made by a private university in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, the professor, on Wednesday, February 18, said her words were interpreted wrongly.

Galgotias University's Prof Neha Singh said her comments were made in the heat of the moment.

Speaking to Hindustan Times at the expo, Prof Singh said the controversy originated from a hurried conversation and "euphoria" at the event. There was no intention to claim ownership of the robodog, she said.

The university also apologised for the "confusion," saying the representative was "ill-informed."

Singh clarified that her remarks were poorly artic...