{"id":28424,"date":"2026-01-12T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/le-crim-et-systemx-officialisent-leur-collaboration-pour-accelerer-le-developpement-de-lia-de-confiance\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:04:18","slug":"le-crim-et-systemx-officialisent-leur-collaboration-pour-accelerer-le-developpement-de-lia-de-confiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/en\/le-crim-et-systemx-officialisent-leur-collaboration-pour-accelerer-le-developpement-de-lia-de-confiance\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIM and SystemX formalize their collaboration to accelerate the development of trusted AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CRIM (Centre de recherche informatique de Montr\u00e9al) today announced a major step forward in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianceia.ca\/\">Confiance IA<\/a> initiative, with the formalization of a strategic partnership with the Institut de Recherche Technologique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irt-systemx.fr\/\">SystemX<\/a>, host of the French <a href=\"https:\/\/www.confiance.ai\/\">Confiance.ai<\/a> program. This collaboration follows on from the commitments made when a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on March 7, 2024, in the presence of Mich\u00e8le Boisvert, Quebec&#8217;s Delegate General in Paris. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Confiance.ai<\/strong> program aims to develop tools, methods and approaches for designing, testing and validating &#8220;trustworthy&#8221; artificial intelligence systems, adapted to critical industrial applications and subject to strict regulatory requirements. The sustainability of this work will be ensured by the <strong>European Trustworthy AI Association<\/strong>, which adopts an open-source development model. CRIM thus becomes the first Quebec (and Canadian) member of this European association.  <\/p>\n<p>On the Quebec side, the <strong>Confiance AI<\/strong> initiative is entering a new &#8220;maturation&#8221; phase, aimed at making deliverables more generic and interoperable for all consortium members. This work will focus in particular on the reproducibility, performance characterization, generalization and functional improvement of the tools developed. <\/p>\n<p>This milestone was made possible by <strong>$360,000 in funding from the Minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;\u00c9conomie, de l&#8217;Innovation et de l&#8217;\u00c9nergie (MEIE)<\/strong>, plus a <strong>$240,000 industrial contribution<\/strong> from members of the Confiance IA consortium.<\/p>\n<p>This support will enable us to accelerate maturation work and integrate certain tools from the French Confiance.ai program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27857\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Image-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Image-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Image-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Image-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.crim.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Image-2.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran\u00e7oys Labont\u00e9, President and CEO of CRIM, Paul Labrog\u00e8re, General Manager, SystemX and Henri-Paul Rousseau, Quebec Delegate General in Paris, at the signing of the agreement on Monday, September 15, 2025, in Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of this partnership, <strong> SystemX becomes a formal partner of Confiance IA<\/strong>, and will allocate technical resources to ensure effective transfer of technology and know-how. This transfer is supported by a financial agreement between the two organizations, strengthening the links between the Quebec and French innovation ecosystems. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collaboration embodies our shared desire to build responsible, ethical and sustainable artificial intelligence, at the service of industries here and abroad,&#8221; emphasizes Fran\u00e7oys Labont\u00e9, CEO of CRIM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This partnership confirms the conversion of the results of our work into tangible value for our industrial and R&amp;D partners on an international scale, as well as its spin-off through the Safenai start-up,&#8221; adds Paul Labrog\u00e8re, Managing Director of SystemX.<\/p>\n<p>CRIM is thus reaffirming its leadership role in the development of trusted AI, in line with the priorities of the MEIE&#8217;s <strong>Strat\u00e9gie qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise de recherche, d&#8217;innovation et d&#8217;investissement (SQRI2)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRIM (Centre de recherche informatique de Montr\u00e9al) today announced a major step forward in its Confiance IA initiative, with the formalization of a strategic partnership with the Institut de Recherche Technologique SystemX, host of the French Confiance.ai program. 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