The real test of AI diplomacy is whether it changes what regulators do on Monday morning. By that measure, India is becoming one of the more interesting countries to watch. When France and India co-chaired the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025, the language centred on inclusive, trustworthy and human-centric AI, with explicit concern for digital divides and capacity-building in developing countries. At India’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi in February 2026, that conv