India tells university to leave AI summit after presenting Chinese robot as its own

An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AT summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in Chinaas its own creation, two government sources said.

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"You need to meet Orion. This has been developed by the Centre of Excellence at Galgotias University," Neha Singh, a professor of communications, told state-run broadcaster DD News this week in remarks that have since gone viral.

But social media users quickly identified the robot as the Unitree Go2, sold by China's Unitree Robotics for about $2,800 and widely used in research and education globally.

The episode has drawn sharp criticism and has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on India's artificial intelligence ambitions.