An Indian university faces criticism over misrepresentation

Photo: galgotiasuniversity.edu.in/, photo editor: Serikzhan Kovlanbayev

Galgotias University was asked to vacate its stall at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi after its representative was accused of presenting the Unitree Go2, a commercially available robotic dog by China’s Unitree Robotics, as a university-developed product, according to The Times of India.

The situation escalated after IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared a clip featuring comments by a Galgotias University communications professor on his official social media account. The post was later deleted following backlash.

As of Wednesday morning, the university’s stall remained open, with officials responding to media queries. A representative said the university had not received any formal communication asking it to leave the event, although several media outlets and an international news agency have reported otherwise.

Despite criticism over the incident, India’s artificial intelligence industry secured more than $100 billion in investment pledges during the event, including commitments from major Indian and international companies. In addition, welcoming remarks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei are expected at the event on Thursday.