{"id":122491,"date":"2026-07-29T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/122491\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:08:36","slug":"caribbean-charts-a-united-course-for-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/122491\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Charts a United Course For Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad \u2013 The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is underscoring the need for a structured regional framework to guide the responsible development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n

\"telcommun\"\u201cAI must be harnessed to reduce our vulnerabilities and amplify our strengths. That requires a forum that sets the pace and the structure for action: standards that fit our scale, governance that protects our citizens, capacity development pathways that keep talent in the region, and financing models that help make pilot projects sustainable and scalable,\u201d Nigel Cassimire, the CTU\u2019s Deputy Secretary-General told the two-day first Caribbean Artificial Intelligence Forum (CAIF) 2026 that ends here on Friday.<\/p>\n

He told the forum being held under the theme \u201cAI for Caribbean Transformation: Governance, Innovation and Resilience for a Shared Digital Future\u201d that there is need for a structured regional framework to guide the responsible development and implementation of AI.<\/p>\n

The founding member of World Digital Governance (WDG),\u00a0 Graeme Thomson, called for bold regional cooperation to strengthen digital transformation, build shared capabilities and amplify the Caribbean\u2019s voice in global digital governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future belongs to those who think boldly and organise intelligently and together. Sovereignty and cooperation are not opposites. The coming of artificial Intelligence and digital transformation are challenges too big for us to tackle alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly together can we educate a regional workforce can we build interoperable digital services and the infrastructure underpinning them. And only together can we shape international conversations to our interests. This is not surrendering sovereignty. It is exercising sovereignty intelligently,\u201d Thomson said.<\/p>\n

The forum has been organised by the CTU partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus and the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre (AIIC). The organisers said it is expected to generate actionable recommendations to support policy harmonisation, foster innovation, strengthen regional capacity and position the Caribbean as a leader in the responsible and inclusive development of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

It has brought together regional and international leaders, policymakers, academics, innovators, development agencies, youth representatives and private sector stakeholders to advance the responsible development and adoption of artificial intelligence across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

A key feature of the forum has been the launch of the Caribbean AI Task Force Report\u00a0 (CAITF), which outlines recommendations to guide regional AI policy and implementation.<\/p>\n

Principal of the UWI St Augustine campus,\u00a0 Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, reaffirmed the tertiery institution\u2019 commitment to advancing innovation and scholarship in support of the region\u2019s digital future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a regional university, we have always been committed to advancing knowledge in service of society. Indeed, some of you may not be aware, but our Campus has a proud and longstanding history of leadership in AI that stretches back decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong before the global surge in interest in AI, the Faculty of Engineering hosted the Caribbean\u2019s first AI conference in 1989, establishing a foundation for innovation and scholarship that continues to this day. A couple of years ago, I found out this well-kept secret\u2026 the tremendous AI expertise and creativity housed right here and I vowed to support its development,\u201d\u00a0 she added.<\/p>\n

Chair of the Caribbean AI Task Force, Dr. Craig Ramlal, said that regional cooperation is essential to building a competitive and resilient Caribbean AI ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Caribbean cannot afford to remain on the sidelines of the AI revolution. Our markets may be small individually, but together we have the scale to develop harmonised AI policies, strengthen regional innovation, protect our data sovereignty and build an AI ecosystem that reflects Caribbean priorities,\u201d said Ramlal, who is also the executive director of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work of the Caribbean AI Task Force demonstrates that regional cooperation is not simply desirable\u2014it is essential if the Caribbean is to compete and thrive in the global digital economy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad \u2013 The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is underscoring the need for a structured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,52586,61827,61822,48015,61825,61823,2491,61826,897,61824,50878],"class_list":["post-122491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-barbados","tag-caribbean-diaspora","tag-caribbean-news","tag-cuba","tag-grenada","tag-jamaica","tag-miami","tag-monthly-news-magazine","tag-sports","tag-st-kitts","tag-trinidad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}