India AI Summit | Ontario Bets Big On India At AI Impact Summit, Seeks Deeper Tech Ties

At the AI Impact Global Summit in New Delhi, Canadian province Ontario's Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Minister Victor Fedeli struck an upbeat, business-first tone, pitching his province as the "cradle of artificial intelligence" while calling for deeper India-Canada collaboration on technology, trade, and talent amid global economic churn. Speaking to NDTV's Senior Executive Editor Aditya Raj Kaul on the sidelines of the summit, which has drawn delegates from more than 70 countries with a strong presence from the Global South, Fedeli said India's rise as an AI powerhouse presents a natural partnership opportunity for Ontario, home to some of the world's most influential AI research. "Ontario, Canada, is the birthplace. It's the cradle of AI," Fedeli said, pointing to Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, whose work on machine learning helped lay the foundations of modern artificial intelligence. "Dr. Hinton just won his Nobel Prize last year...and since that time, Ontario has been at the forefront."