Thales and CEA collaborate on reliable generative AI for defense and security

MEUDON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 19, 2024–

To develop reliable generative AI solutions, Thales’ cortAIx Lab, Europe’s most powerful integrated critical AI laboratory, and CEA, one of the world’s most innovative research organizations, have joined Thales in Clarivate Analytics’ Top 100 Global Innovators,1 together focusing on a range of generative AI use cases, particularly for intelligence and command applications.

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Alexandre Bounouh, Director of the CEA-List Institute, specializing in intelligent digital systems, and Bertrand Tavernier, CTO of Thales’ Secure Information and Communication Systems business, during the signing of the partnership agreement on April 30, 2024 in Palaiseau. (Photo: Thales)

Bertrand Tavernier, Technical Director of the Secure Information and Communications Systems division of Thales: ” This partnership with the CEA AI teams will combine the power of their research with our work within cortAIx, Thales’ AI accelerator, bringing together the Group’s technological expertise and its in-depth knowledge of the defense and security sector. Our customers – governments, armed forces, critical infrastructure operators – need reliable and sovereign generative AI solutions for their critical missions. “

Alexandre Bounouh, director of the CEA List Institute, specializing in intelligent digital systems: ” This partnership builds on the long-standing collaboration between the CEA and Thales and extends it to the sensitive subject of generative AI, combining the expertise and excellence of the CEA research teams in the field of AI security with the strengths of cortAIx in the strategic field of defense and security. It will support the CEA’s mission in security and artificial intelligence alongside our partners and all institutional and industrial players in this field. “

Use cases for the armed forces

Generative AI can be developed to Accelerate OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) command loops. and used throughout the critical decision chain: data capture and collection, data transmission and storage, data processing and decision support.

Generative AI is presented to users as trusted smart assistant which allows them to communicate easily and efficiently with complex systems to facilitate and accelerate human decision-making and increase the pace of work. information collection for example, multimodal generative AI will make it possible to simultaneously extract, process, correlate and interpret different types of information from different sources – such as the Internet, social media and sensors in an operational area – to create summaries and accelerate the creation of more reliable reports.

Thales’ CortAIx Lab and CEA will also focus on Interoperability within coalitions focus. To facilitate communication between member states in a joint operation, a reliable generative AI will facilitate the interaction between operators and complex systems by translating their intentions into a sequence of actions and translating technical terms into the languages of the different nations involved.

Thales, a leading provider of reliable AI for critical systems

Thales is a major player in the Reliable, cyber-secure, transparent, explainable and ethical AI for armed forces, aircraft manufacturers and critical infrastructure operators. In 2023 the group was Europe Leading patent applicant in AI for critical systems. She has more than 600 AI experts and welcomes around a hundred doctoral students each year in the field of AI cortAIxthey Thales AI Accelerator in Research (cortAIx laboratory), systems (cortAIx Factory for decision support systems) and Sensors (cortAIx sensors for sonar, radar, radio and optronics). Thanks to cortAIx and its network of leading partners from industry, start-ups and universities, Thales is developing AI in more than 100 of its products and services. Using the most advanced sensor and system technologies, these AI capabilities cover the full range of defense, aviation, space, cybersecurity and digital identity needs. Trusted AI was developed specifically Security – And sovereignty to meet the needs of Thales customers. It provides more Efficiency in data analysis and Help with the decision and speeds it up acknowledgement, identification And Classification of objects of interest and target scenes, while having specific restrictions such as Cyber Security, Integrability And Frugality considered in critical environments.

CEA, a major player in trusted AI for critical systems

In artificial intelligence, the CEA occupies a unique position on the AI value chain, with skills ranging from algorithms and software development tools to computer architecture and microelectronics. The hardware and software solutions developed by the CEA with its academic and industrial partners are intended for applications where the quality and performance of AI are critical. These include sovereign applications for which the CEA is its own client (cybersecurity, defense, energy) and industrial applications for which the CEA provides its expertise.

The CEA has developed a high level of expertise in AI technologies, enabling it to support its industrial partners in the development of innovative solutions. In its CEA-List institute, specializing in intelligent digital systems, the CEA focuses its research on the development of high-performance, reliable and sovereign models.

In collaboration with Thales, CEA teams will draw on their expertise to develop LLM (Large Language Models) and VLM (Vision Language Models) for Thales’ targeted sectors and use cases.

About Thales

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies specializing in three business areas: defense and security, aerospace and cybersecurity, and digital identity.

It develops products and solutions that help make the world safer, greener and more inclusive.

The group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in research and development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, cloud technologies and 6G.

Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2023, the group generated sales of €18.4 billion.

About CEA

The CEA is a major research institution working in the best interests of the French State, its economy and its citizens. Thanks to its strong roots in fundamental research, it is able to provide concrete answers to their needs in four key areas: low-carbon energies, digital technologies, technologies for the medicine of the future, defense and national security. The world’s leading innovator among public research institutions (Clarivate 2024), the CEA acts as a catalyst and accelerator of innovation for French industry. It helps companies in all sectors to become more competitive by creating high-performance products that stand out and by developing revolutionary solutions that stimulate change in society. The CEA applies this dynamic in all regions of France, supporting local partners so that they themselves become innovative and thus create value and sustainable jobs throughout the territory, adapted to the real needs of the sector. At the same time, it supports the development of its 250 start-ups which transfer to industry the cutting-edge technologies and knowledge developed in CEA laboratories.

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1 The CEA is listed with Thales in the Top 100 Global Innovators published by Clarivate Analytics:Thales ranked among the 100 most innovative companies in the world for the 11th time | Thalès Group

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