'Disorganised PR spectacle': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over Chinese robodog row at AI Summit

Congress leader says Chinese products showcased at the event 'instead of leveraging India’s talent and data'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday criticised the Centre over the ongoing AI Impact Summit in Delhi, terming it a “disorganised PR spectacle”.

"Instead of leveraging India’s talent and data, the AI summit is a disorganised PR spectacle - Indian data up for sale, Chinese products showcased," he said in a post on X.

Gandhi tagged a post by the Congress which said, "The Modi government has made a laughing stock of India globally, with regard to AI."

His remarks came amid a controversy over Galgotias University showcasing a robotic dog called 'Orion' at the AI Summit expo that critics said was a Chinese-made Unitree Go2 and not an in-house innovation.

Galgotias University has since been asked to vacate its stall at the AI Summit Expo immediately, according to sources.

In the post, the Congress said, "In the ongoing AI summit, Chinese robots are being displayed as our own. The Chinese media has mocked us. This is truly embarrassing for India.

"What is even more shameful is the fact that Modi’s minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is indulging in the same falsehood, promoting China's robots at the Indian summit."

The party alleged that the Modi government has caused "irreparable damage to the image of the country — they have reduced AI to a joke - a field in which we could be world leaders given our data power."