{"id":36758,"date":"2026-02-19T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/19\/bill-gates-a-no-show-at-india-ai-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:47:00","slug":"bill-gates-a-no-show-at-india-ai-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/19\/bill-gates-a-no-show-at-india-ai-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates a no-show at India AI summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates pulled out of India&#8217;s AI Impact Summit hours before his scheduled keynote address on Thursday, dealing another blow to \u200ba flagship event already marred by organisational lapses, a robot bungle and \u200bdelegate complaints over traffic disruptions.       The Gates Foundation \u2060said the billionaire will not deliver his address &#8220;to ensure the focus remains on the AI Summit&#8217;s key priorities&#8221;.       Only days \u200bago, the foundation \u200chad dismissed rumours of his absence and insisted he was on track to attend.       Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the event on Thursday, alongside \u200bFrench President Emmanuel Macron, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.       Gates&#8217; absence, followed by another high-profile cancellation by Nvidia&#8217;s Jensen Huang, adds to a difficult opening for \u200ca summit billed \u200cas the first major \u200bartificial intelligence forum in the Global South, where India has sought to position itself as a leading voice in global AI gove<br \/>rnance.       Gates&#8217; cancellation comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails last month that included communication between late financier and \u200bconvicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the Gates Foundation&#8217;s staff.       The documents indicate Gates and Epstein met repeatedly after Epstein&#8217;s prison term to discuss expanding Gates&#8217; philanthropic efforts. Gates has said the relationship was confined to \u200bphilanthropy-related discussions and that it was a mistake for him to meet Epstein.       The Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organisation started by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his then-wife in 2000, is one of the world&#8217;s biggest funders of global health initiatives.              CHAOS AND TRAFFIC SNARLS       India&#8217;s first major AI summit has not \u200cdominated news headlines for the products on display, but for       management lapses       that have left attendees shocked and angry over what they described as a lack of planning by the Indian government.       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