Attendees film a robot at the pavilion of India’s telecom company Airtel during the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, Feb. 17, 2026. In a world where geopolitical power is being defined partly by the race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence, India has a pitch for those left behind. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times) NEW DELHI — In a world where geopolitical power is being defined partly by the race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence, India has a pitch for those left behind. The South Asian giant has neither…