NEW DELHI: An Indian professor has sparked ridicule after falsely suggesting a Chinese-made robot dog displayed at a major AI summit in New Delhi was developed by her university. The silver mechanical dog – a model sold by Chinese startup Unitree – appeared at a booth run by the private Galgotias University at this week's AI Impact Summit. "This has been developed by the centres of excellence at the Galgotias University," Singh said, touting the institution's investments in artificial intelligence technology. Under fire for her comments, Singh told reporters on Wednesday that "things may not have been expressed clearly". In the ongoing AI summit, Chinese robots are being displayed as our own," the party wrote in a post on X.

Source: The Star February 19, 2026 09:04 UTC