New Delhi, February 20 (IANS). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not meant to replace doctors. AI will save physicians time, giving them time to think and care. These things were said by industry leaders at the India AI Impact Summit-2026 organized in Delhi.
At the AI Impact Summit, Philips CEO Roy Jacobs says that AI can have the biggest impact on humans in the healthcare sector. He said, “AI is reducing the pressure on already overburdened systems. When we look back a decade from now, AI in healthcare will be remembered not for what was optimized on a screen, but for the billions of lives it helped improve.”
Alexander Wang, Chief AI Officer, Meta, emphasized the growing integration of AI into everyday life and India’s important role in charting its path. He said, “Our vision is a personal superintelligence that knows you, your goals, your interests, and helps you with whatever work you are focusing on. It serves you, whoever you are, wherever you are.”
Meta’s Chief AI Officer added, “How well does your personal AI know you? If we’re not doing it responsibly, people won’t hire us. Trust, transparency, and governance must move as quickly as models.
Martin Schroeter, Chairman and CEO of Kindril, said, “Innovation is real. The challenge is preparation. AI is not yet industrialized, the infrastructure, data, operations and people must be ready to support it at scale.”
He added, “The future of AI will not be decided in research labs or boardrooms. It will be decided by the level of trust and responsibility it places in the systems that society depends on every day.”
Olivier Blum, Global CEO of Schneider Electric, highlighted the deep connection between AI and the global energy transition. He said, “AI means more compute, more compute means more energy. We cannot underestimate the pressure on the global energy system.” Along with this, he also pointed towards the ability of AI to bring change for efficiency.
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