AutomationSG unveils framework for industrial AI deployment

ISO/IEC 42001-aligned pathway guides adoption in robotics and factory operations.

AutomationSG has launched a framework for companies deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial automation, robotics, manufacturing, and operational technology environments.

The Trusted Industrial AI Ready (TIA-Ready) Framework will provide a staged pathway for assessing whether and how AI should be deployed in industrial operations.

AutomationSG said TIA-Ready is benchmarked against ISO/IEC 42001, the international standard for artificial intelligence management systems.

However, it is not a new standard, statutory approval or ISO certification scheme, it added.

It translates relevant Singapore and international guidance into practical requirements covering governance, risks, data protection, workplace rules, and safety.

Singapore Polytechnic will serve as its training partner, with the first Industrial AI and Governance Literacy programme scheduled to begin in October.

Its launch follows the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s release of a Digital Twin for Enterprises Playbook, transparency guidelines for generative AI chatbots, and guidance on privacy-enhancing technologies.

“TIA-Ready complements these national initiatives by moving industrial AI governance to the point where an organisation first decides whether and how AI should be used,” AutomationSG said.

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