Nicolas Miailhe
Nicolas (Nico) Miailhe is the co-founder and CEO of PRISM Eval, a start-up based in Paris that specializes in the evaluation, interpretability, and alignment of cutting-edge AI models. PRISM Eval is leading the new research domain of GenAI Cognitive Science.
Until December 2023, Nico was Chief Executive Officer of The Future Society (TFS), which he originally co-founded in 2014 at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Nico is acknowledged as a pioneer in the governance of AI and emerging technologies, a field he has been actively shaping since 2011. His contributions over the past decade have been instrumental in establishing foundational governance frameworks and regulatory mechanisms for AI in the European Union, and the United States, and at a global scale. Since 2019, Nico has been a driving force behind The Future Society’s Athens Roundtable, the leading international multi-stakeholder forum on AI and the Rule of Law. As a strategic thought leader, Nico has advised governments, international organizations, philanthropies, and multinational corporations globally. He serves as an appointed expert to the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), where he co-chairs the Committee on Climate Action & Biodiversity Preservation, and is an invited expert to the OECD’s AI Group of experts (ONE AI) and UNESCO’s High Level Expert Group on AI Ethics.
Nico has held teaching positions in AI Governance at the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po) and the IE School of Global & Public Affairs in Madrid, and is a Future World Fellow at the Center for the Governance of Change at IE Business School. An Arthur Sachs Scholar, he holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a Master in Defense, Geostrategy & Industrial Dynamics from Panthéon-Assas University, and a Bachelor of Arts in European Affairs and International Relations from Sciences Po Strasbourg.
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Nicolas Miailhe
Paris
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