Thales CEO Calls for International Framework to Govern AI Development
Thales CEO Patrice Caine has called for an international framework to govern AI development, saying existing technical safeguards can keep the technology in check.
The chief executive of French technology company Thales, Patrice Caine, has called for an international framework to guide the development of artificial intelligence, arguing that the technology can be kept under control through technical safeguards that already exist.
Speaking in Paris on Thursday, Caine said coordinated international rules were needed for AI development, while expressing confidence that the risks associated with the technology can be managed with current technical measures.
His remarks add to a widening global debate over how governments and industry should oversee artificial intelligence as its use spreads across sectors. The call for an international framework reflects concerns that fragmented national rules could complicate the development and deployment of AI systems across borders.
Caine did not elaborate on the specific form such a framework should take, nor on which countries or institutions should lead its creation. He also did not detail the technical safeguards he referred to.
Thales, headquartered in France, is a major player in aerospace, defence and digital security technologies, sectors in which AI is increasingly being integrated.