World needs global regulation to manage Artificial Intelligence spread, French expert says [Video]

THE WORLD NEEDS an urgent regulatory framework to manage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and nations, including Ireland, must join together to achieve it, one of Europe’s leading experts has said. 

Henri Verdier is France’s Ambassador for Digital Affairs and on a recent trip to Ireland he sat down with The Journal to discuss the challenges around the rapidly growing AI ecosystem.

Verdier has a background in digital business and was an entrepreneur before taking up the role in 2018 of advocating for tech in the French Government. 

In a wide ranging discussion he spoke about the need for a concerted effort by governments across the world to come together and form international laws that would govern the use of highly advanced tech. 

“In a nutshell, I think that what is at stake is democracy itself. Do we have a democratic feedback? Are we comfortable with a future society that we will live in? …