Organization overview
What National Institute for AI Evaluation and Security does
The National Institute for AI Evaluation and Security (INESIA) is a French national public initiative created to build sovereign, rigorous capabilities for evaluating advanced AI systems and addressing AI-related security and systemic risks. INESIA is described by France’s SGDSN (General Secretariat for Defence and National Security) as being under joint steering involving the Direction générale des entreprises (DGE) and the SGDSN, and as uniting major French public actors for AI evaluation and security.