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NEW DELHI: India’s AI Impact Summit, billed as a landmark gathering of global leaders and technology executives, was overshadowed by logistical chaos on its opening day, BBC News reported.

The disorganisation even prompted the country’s IT minister to issue an apology to visitors to a global artificial intelligence summit, who had complained of overcrowding and other problems on the first day.

The five-day summit, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, is being billed as the first major international AI meeting hosted in the Global South.

More than 100 countries are taking part, with technology leaders including Sam Altman of OpenAI and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet Inc expected to attend.