Vaishnaw flags AI’s transformative role in strengthening national security at Davos

Key Highlights

• Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Vaishnaw, while refraining from disclosing the name of the operation or the specific AI model involved, said the recent AI integrations into country’s defence ecosystem had delivered phenomenal results.
• “I wouldn’t take any names, but I can tell you in full confidence that during one major defence scenario in the country in recent times, the sovereign model developed in the country used in that particular operation, the results it produced were phenomenal,” the minister said.
• “These models, which are built by the 12 startups that we have funded and supported, and one of the IITs which has supported, are good for practically every application that we need as a country,” he added further.
• In 2025, India launched one of its biggest counter-terrorism strikes against terrorists and terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.
• The operation saw nine identified targets destroyed within minutes through meticulously planned precision strikes, undertaken in retaliation for the killing of 26 civilians in a terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.