♦ India has set a new Guinness World Record after receiving more than 2.5 lakh pledges for responsible artificial intelligence use within 24 hours during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, said Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on 18 February 2026.

♦ The Minister said that India achieved the Guinness World Records title for the recording 250,946 valid pledges between February 16 and 17. 

♦The announcement was made at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi during the summit, where the achievement was officially verified by a Guinness World Records adjudicator.