{"id":310517,"date":"2026-02-19T13:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=310517"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:15:08","slug":"galgotias-fiasco-misinformation-cant-be-encouraged-says-govt-after-big-ticket-ai-summit-goes-to-the-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/galgotias-fiasco-misinformation-cant-be-encouraged-says-govt-after-big-ticket-ai-summit-goes-to-the-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Galgotias fiasco: Misinformation can’t be encouraged, says govt after big-ticket AI summit goes to the dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The international AI Impact Summit 2026 currently underway in Delhi was rocked by a major controversy on February 17 and 18 after a China-made robotic dog was displayed at the Galgotias University (GU) pavilion at Bharat Mandapam as its own creation, under the name ‘Orion’ (Operational Robotic Intelligence Node<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As soon as a video went viral on February 17 showing a university representative saying that Orion, the ‘robodog’, was “developed by the Centre of Excellence at Galgotias University”, social media users pointed out that it was, in fact, a commercially available product made in China.<\/p>\n

By the afternoon of Wednesday, February 18, everything else about the summit, including the presence of global leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, got overshadowed by the fiasco with almost every major national and international media outlet running stories on Galgotia’s alleged plagiarism and misrepresentation of facts. Among them were Reuters<\/a>, Associated Press<\/a>, Al Jazeera<\/a>, BBC<\/a>, The Strait Times<\/a>, ABC<\/a> et al<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Greater Noida-based private university tried to defend itself by stating that it never claimed the robodog was built by GU. It shared the statement<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n

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This, however, is a plain falsehood. The entire controversy began after Neha Singh, an assistant professor of communications at the school of management at GU, told DD News that the robotic dog was developed by the university. She also said that more than Rs 350 crore was invested by the varsity in artificial intelligence. The state broadcaster later deleted the video<\/a>, but it is still available online. Readers can watch it below:<\/p>\n