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The EU AI Act: Time to act

With the EU AI Act, the European Union has introduced a landmark regulation that reshapes the governance of Artificial Intelligence. Effective from August 1st, 2024, this act imposes significant legal obligations on all stakeholders involved in AI compliance across the EU economy and beyond. The act’s broad scope requires AI systems to be safe, transparent, traceable, and non-discriminatory, making compliance a complex but crucial endeavor.

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The Capgemini approach: regulation, meet innovation

Embracing trustworthy AI isn’t just a compliance measure; it’s a strategic leap that unlocks remarkable prospects for your business and builds trust within societies.

As trusted advisor to the European Comission for over 30 years, we have a deeply rooted culture grounded in ethics, value, and regulatory knowledge. We recognize that compliance with the EU AI Act isn’t just about meeting regulatory requirements; it’s about seizing a strategic opportunity to enhance your business. Building robust, ethical, and compliant frameworks can provide certainty, build consumer and citizen trust, and drive both commercial and organizational performance.

The Capgemini compliance method: your blueprint for success

Legislation for emerging technology can be difficult to understand. So, let’s provide a summary of the EU AI Act. The European Union’s AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive regulation of AI, applying to all organizations using or developing AI systems within the EU. The Act takes a risk-based approach, imposing requirements on different actors across the AI supply chain, adding complexity to the already intricate regulatory environment for AI providers and users.

As a result, organizations and business leaders need access to a proven and effective EU AI Act solution. Our AI Governance & Compliance Framework offers a structured approach to support our clients. We go beyond risk management and processes to provide a holistic view that includes culture and strategy.

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By enriching our framework with proven tools and assets, we are able to guide our clients quickly and efficiently to build a foundation for AI Act compliance.

We have developed our own platform for compliance with AI regulations based on regulatory research and platform development for over seven years. The platform offers a structured approach to compliance and detailed task and documentation.

Cartography and risk assessment

Map and assess the risks of your AI systems, ensuring all potential issues are addressed proactively.

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Streamline the auditing process with thorough documentation and remediation planning, ensuring that your AI systems meet all regulatory requirements.

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Our guidelines help you embed trust into your AI development processes, creating systems that are transparent, accountable, and ethical from the ground up.

The platform offers technical test processes and benchmarks to evaluate systems across several trusted AI dimensions.

The platform includes modules to educate an organization’s staff on the use, capabilities, and limitations of AI.

Moving beyond EU AI Act compliance: building robust and ethical frameworks

Compliance with the EU AI Act is essential, but it’s just one part of a larger goal: building trustworthy and ethical AI for society while spurring economic growth. At Capgemini, our approach to Trusted AI focuses on enhancing product quality, driving innovation, and solidifing market leadership.

Enhancing product quality: The adoption of trustworthy AI enhances your product quality. With explainability and robustness at its core, your portfolio becomes more reliable, transparent, and refined, elevating customer trust and loyalty to new heights.

Fueling innovation and market leadership: Trustworthy AI ignites innovation. With trustworthy AI as your cornerstone, your business boldly explores state-of-the-art technologies, carving new revenue streams, and securing a preeminent position in a competitive arena

Embracing the potential of trustworthy AI not only safeguards against financial challenges but also propels your business toward prosperity, innovation, and lasting success in an ever-evolving business landscape.

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The three pillars of trustworthy AI

To establish a framework of compliant and trustworthy AI, it is imperative to address the following three pillars:

Robust

AI solutions must demonstrate resilience and dependability in various scenarios. Our approach focuses on developing AI systems that perform reliably and consistently, even when faced with uncertainty and complexity. Furthermore, the requirements of the AI Act regarding robustness, cybersecurity, technical documentation, data governance, etc. must always be fulfilled. The creation of a robust AI governance framework guards you against the risks and helps you upscale your AI usage.

AI innovation should align with all applicable laws and frameworks. The AI Act will change the compliance environment enormously, but it will ultimately lead to safe innovation, thanks to regulatory certainty.

Ethical considerations are at the heart of our AI development process. We believe in creating AI systems that prioritize fairness, transparency, and accountability, addressing biases and ensuring just outcomes. Put simply, AI should augment human intelligence and never cause any harm.

The EU time to act is now: future-proof your AI strategy with Capgemini

Whether your organization is already advanced in AI management or new to the topic,as future deadlines for full compliance with the EU AI Act approaches, now is the time to ensure that your AI systems are not only compliant but also positioned to deliver maximum business and societal value. Capgemini’s deep expertise in AI governance and compliance makes us the ideal partner to guide your organization through this complex regulatory environment. Let us help you turn compliance into a competitive advantage and secure your place as a leader in the AI-driven economy.

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A comprehensive flowchart designed to navigate toward EU AI Act & simplify the confusion around roles, risk classes, timelines, and obligations. A clear overview of the specific obligations for your systems or models crafted by our experts.

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With the EU AI Act’s recent enactment, we examine strategic AI governance for responsible AI use and collaboration between legal and tech experts.

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