Thomson Reuters has convened the Trust in AI Alliance through its innovation research center, Thomson Reuters Labs, uniting leading AI researchers and engineers from industry and academia to develop reliable, accountable, and transparent agentic AI systems for high-stakes professional environments.
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As agentic AI systems gain autonomy and take on decision-making in regulated, high-stakes fields, ensuring they reason, act, and deliver outcomes responsibly has become a pressing priority. The Trust in AI Alliance moves beyond theoretical discussions to collaborative, action-oriented work among the technical leaders building these systems.
Engineering Trust into Agentic AI Participants will focus on embedding reliability, interpretability, and verification directly into AI architectures. This includes grounding models in verifiable enterprise data, enabling robust reasoning traceability, and creating mechanisms for ongoing accountability. By addressing these engineering challenges collectively, the Alliance aims to accelerate progress toward AI that professionals and institutions can confidently rely upon.
"As AI systems become more agentic, building trust in how agents reason, act, and deliver outcomes is essential," said Joel Hron, Chief Technology Officer at Thomson Reuters. "The Trust in AI Alliance brings together the builders at the forefront of this work to align on principles and technical pathways that ensure AI serves people and institutions responsibly, and at pace."
Founding Industry Perspectives "Trust in AI systems is essential as advanced technology takes on more autonomous actions in high-stakes settings and industries," said Scott White, Head of Product, Enterprise at Anthropic. "The Trust in AI Alliance is focused on the practical work of making these systems reliable enough to earn the confidence of the millions of professionals who depend on them."
"Building trusted agents requires grounding models in 'enterprise truth,' connecting them to the fresh, verifiable data that businesses run on," said Michael Gerstenhaber, Vice President of Product Management for Vertex AI at Google Cloud. "Thomson Reuters efforts to bring the industry together and define shared standards will give organizations the confidence to deploy these intelligent systems in high-stakes environments."
"We believe in advancing AI that serves people and organizations responsibly," said Zach Brock, Engineering Lead at OpenAI. "Partnering with Thomson Reuters creates an opportunity to collaborate on the shared technical and ethical questions that will shape AI's long-term role in society."
Thomson Reuters' role in legal, tax, accounting, compliance, and regulatory domains provides a unique foundation for this work, ensuring discussions remain connected to practical institutional requirements. The Alliance represents a step toward industry-wide standards that support safe, scalable deployment of agentic AI while preserving transparency and human oversight.
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