AXA joins the Stanford HAI Corporate Affiliate Program – Reinsurance News

Global insurance group AXA has become a new member of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) Corporate Affiliate Program.

Through collaboration with Stanford faculty, the program aims to promote responsible artificial intelligence development and implementation by exploring research, policy, and educational opportunities within the insurance sector.

James Landay, HAI Co-director, said: “Stanford HAI’s mission is to ensure that we properly design and build human-centered AI to have positive human impacts.

“This is imperative in the insurance and financial industries; AI will have major impacts on this field and everyone from customers to employees to the communities they live in.”

As a new member, the AXA Group will work with faculty and students to better understand and leverage human-centered artificial intelligence.

The AXA Group’s primary research interest revolves around topics relevant to the insurance sector and society as a whole. These include utilizing AI to assess sustainability indicators and analyze predictive capacities.

Additionally, they are focused on enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models and ensuring the reliability of machine learning in areas such as fairness, bias, and interpretability.

Alexander Vollert, Group Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer AXA Group Operations, commented: “We are delighted to enter the HAI corporate affiliates program at a time when artificial intelligence is changing the world at an unprecedented pace and unlocking previously unimagined possibilities.

“As a global insurer with a strong track record in implementing AI solutions, we’re eager to support this important research into the development of AI models that are trustworthy, human-centric and sustainable for our clients, industry and society as a whole.”

HAI’s Corporate Affiliate Program aims to connect AI-focused companies with Stanford faculty and other members for education, lectures, research, and collaboration.