What a high-octane start to the NDTV World Summit 2026! The phenomenal Mohini Dey set the stage on fire with an electrifying performance, bringing her extraordinary talent, energy and musical brilliance to the opening of the Summit. A spectacular way to kick off two days of big ideas, bold conversations and some of the most fascinating voices from around the world. Mohini has certainly set the tempo. Now to keep the momentum going! #NDTVWorldSummit #MohiniDey #NDTV #AWorldBetweenOrders #LiveMusic

Can code be conscious? It is a question that brought Swami Sarvapriyananda to the headquarters of Anthropic. The company behind Claude invited him to San Francisco to discuss AI ethics, morality and consciousness. The Resident Minister of the Vedanta Society of New York brings the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta to questions now confronting the people building some of the world’s most advanced AI systems. Can a machine that processes information also experience the world? Is intelligence the same as awareness? And how would we recognise consciousness in something so different from ourselves? These questions also bring us back to our own lives. Are we our thoughts, our memories, our achievements? What do we mean when we say 'I' - and how much do we really understand about the mind we are trying to recreate? As technology advances, ancient questions about the self are acquiring new urgency. The answers could shape how we build AI, how we treat it, and how we understand ourselves. Catch Swami Sarvapriyananda live at the NDTV World Summit. October 22–23. New Delhi. Live on the NDTV Network. @sarvapriyananda

If AI can act as convincingly as a human, does it matter that the emotions aren’t real? Meet AI actress @TillyNorwood and creator Eline van der Velden at the @NDTV World Summit, Oct 22–23. Can AI replace human creativity—or humanity itself? #NDTVWorldSummit #FutureOfAI

Can AI ever become conscious, or will machines only simulate intelligence? Anthropic, the company behind Claude, invited Swami Sarvapriyananda, a leading voice on Advaita Vedanta, to explore AI ethics and consciousness. Join us at the #NDTVWorldSummit on October 22 for an unmissable conversation on one of the biggest questions of our time.

In a deeply polarised world, journalism must resist the temptation to take sides. The sensible centre isn’t fence-sitting. It’s about listening to different perspectives, questioning competing claims and recognising that truth is often complex. In conversation with bestselling author and commentator @chetan_bhagat at the @FollowCII Big Picture Summit, we discussed why credible, balanced journalism is also good for business. Brands don’t want to be associated with toxic, polarised environments. We also explored AI, Gen Z and the changing future of news at @ndtv. Full conversation: youtu.be/K73tOwpX2aI?si=PiSm… #CIIBigPictureSummit #Journalism #Media #NDTV #FutureOfNews

An unmatched array of extraordinary speakers and thought leaders, spanning disciplines and pushing the boundaries of ideas, comes together at the NDTV World Summit. General David Petraeus, former CIA Director and military strategist. Mohini Dey, world-renowned bassist. Tilly Norwood, the world’s first AI actor. And many more. Join us on October 22–23 as we explore A World Between Orders. #NDTVWorldSummit

Just as it is wrong for protesters to abuse and attack journalists, journalists heckling the leaders of a protest movement is a breach of the very same professional responsibility. Our job as reporters is to listen, ask questions and report on the story — not become active participants in it. Journalists resorting to theatre and abuse during press conferences is plain wrong and unacceptable. Report on the story. Don’t become the story.

AI could be humanity’s greatest breakthrough. Or its greatest mistake. At the NDTV World Summit, @AndrewYNg, Alex Turner (former Google DeepMind researcher) and General David Petraeus will confront AI’s promise, its existential risks and how it is reshaping warfare. Two days. Big questions. A future at stake. #NDTVWorldSummit @ndtv

To attack, heckle or abuse field reporters doing their job is condemnable. Protesters do their cause a disservice by targeting journalists reporting live when tempers are running high. The right to protest and the right to report on it are both essential freedoms — neither should come at the cost of intimidation or abuse. Proud of NDTV’s army of reporters, holding firm and telling the story calmly and confidently, undeterred by the noise and abuse around them. In solidarity with the right to report, to protest and to express without fear of vilification or abuse. @ndtv

Does AI pose an existential threat to humanity? And are we moving fast enough to understand and contain the risks of a technology we are building at extraordinary speed? I put these questions to Lila Ibrahim, the world’s first Chief AI Readiness Officer at Google DeepMind, in a conversation about AI’s most profound risks, the challenge of maintaining human control as capabilities advance, and whether our institutions can keep pace. We also explored how DeepMind’s AI could help accelerate research into climate-resilient food crops, including sorghum (jowar) in India — an example of how frontier AI research could help address the very tangible challenges of climate change and food security. From the possibility of AI threatening humanity’s future to its potential to help solve some of our most pressing problems, this is a conversation about both the stakes and the promise of the technology. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/Vl4FMutYy7A?si=u6Ig… #AI #GoogleDeepMind