On September 17th, Artefact organized the 6th edition of its international Summit AI for Finance where we welcomed almost 4000 participants in Palais Brongniart - Paris, that brought together 100+ high-level speakers from the major actors of the Financial Services’ market who made us the honour of sharing their return of experience, and our Technology Partners.

Successful AI democratization depends heavily on people rather than just technology. The Artefact services of our entity Open Innovation below are dedicated to fostering a unifying spirit of innovation and creating disruptive opportunities for competitive advantage.

In celebration of our 10-year anniversary, Artefact was thrilled to organize Adopt AI, an international summit on the 5th of June, to promote the adoption of data and AI, where we welcomed more than 2000 participants at Station F, Paris.

GenAI industrialization is challenging for companies everywhere. The AI factory at the BCEF entity of BNP Paribas has already entered this GenAI industrialization phase, and we also share an interview with Artefact exploring how to overcome the challenges of GenAI’s scalability.

e AI Act is the first-ever comprehensive legal framework on AI worldwide. It aims to protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, while boosting innovation and establishing Europe as a leader in the field. The regulation establishes obligations for AI based on its potential risks and level of impact.

Data and its AI applications are central to achieving increased productivity and overall efficiency. Through specific processes and an adapted organizational structure, data governance enables companies to organize data, improve its quality, and meet the ethical and regulatory challenges of data processing. Respondents to a Gartner survey cited improved data security (66%) and fewer compliance breaches (52%) as benefits of implementing a data governance framework.

Even in today’s rapidly changing privacy landscape, businesses can build strong customer relationships that drive growth. Ensuring data privacy, allowing consumers to easily opt in or opt out of data sharing, and being transparent about personal data use and storage: these are the keys to winning the trust of today’s privacy-conscious customers.

As we step into 2024, Artefact is celebrating its 10 year-anniversary and foresees the decade to come with optimism, viewing AI as an incredible opportunity that, if used properly and ethically, will lead to economic, social, and democratic progress.

How can businesses allocate marketing and media budgets between geos, brands and channels? Define the right mix across digital and offline channels? Scale campaign budgets on an ongoing basis?