Op-Ed | Without trust, AI will remain an industrial mirage

Trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) is the key to the industrial (r)evolution. It is essential to unlock the full potential of AI-related innovation in our industries. Let’s open our eyes to France’s global leadership in this field and do everything we can to maintain our lead!

AI is on everyone’s lips. Already very fashionable, it was propelled back to the forefront three years ago with the emergence of generative AI.

A much less publicized issue is nevertheless key to enabling the adoption of AI on a large scale: trustworthy (1). It did not suddenly appear with European regulations. In reality, it has always existed and is all the more pressing when it comes to critical industrial systems.

Without trustworthy, AI will be everywhere… but certainly not in industry. No player will agree to market products integrating AI without a responsible approach. Whether it is transport, defense, energy or even health, the right to make mistakes does not exist. For example, it is impossible to imagine an aircraft manufacturer integrating an AI component into its aircraft whose total reliability it cannot guarantee.