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RNS Number : 1466O  Intertek Group PLC  24 June 2025

LAUNCH OF INTERTEK AI(2), THE WORLD'S FIRST END-TO-END AI ASSURANCE PROGRAMME

 

·    Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way the world works
·    Corporates are investing significantly in AI to step up customer service and boost productivity
·    There are significant ethical, compliance, and quality risks with AI, a new and unproven technology
·    Companies need to adopt responsible AI practices to grow their business in the right way
·    Intertek launches Intertek AI(2), the world's first independent end-to-end AI assurance programme
·    Intertek AI(2) enables organisations to power ahead with smarter, safer, trusted AI solutions
 

A video is available on our website: www.intertek.com/ai/video/
(http://www.intertek.com/ai/video/)

 

24 June 2025, London: Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to
industries worldwide, announces the launch of Intertek AI(2), the world's
first independent end-to-end AI assurance programme enabling organisations to
power ahead with smarter, safer, trusted AI solutions.

 

AI is rapidly accelerating in all parts of society, quickly changing the way
the world works and triggering significant risks for governments, corporates,
consumers and employees.

 

With more than 130 years of quality and safety expertise across a wide range
of industries, the launch of Intertek AI(2) expands Intertek's
industry-leading offering of ATIC solutions, providing a comprehensive,
risk-based AI assurance programme built around industry-leading solutions and
addressing governance, transparency, security, and safety. Services include:

 

 -  Governed AI services establish risk and quality management frameworks, AI
    governance structures, regulatory compliance strategies, and oversight
    mechanisms ensuring accountability and adherence to evolving requirements
    including EU AI Act obligations and ISO42001.

 -  Transparent AI services develop technical documentation meeting regulatory
    standards, implement appropriate explainability levels for different
    applications, and creates communication strategies making AI behaviour
    understandable to diverse stakeholders.

 -  Secure AI services deliver cybersecurity tailored to AI systems, red teaming
    exercises identifying vulnerabilities and failure modes, threat monitoring and
    incident response planning, and security architecture guidance addressing
    unique AI vulnerabilities.

 -  Safe AI services provide comprehensive testing and validation using
    AI-specific methodologies, data quality assessment and improvement,
    independent performance verification, and bias detection and mitigation across
    diverse populations and use cases.

Leveraging Intertek's multi-industry value chain TQA expertise and network of
more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in over 100 countries, Intertek AI(2)
positions the Group as the ATIC industry leader in trusted AI across safety,
security, sustainability, and compliance.

 

Learn more about Intertek AI(2): www.intertek.com/ai/
(http://www.intertek.com/ai/)

 

André Lacroix, CEO of Intertek Group, commented: "AI is reshaping our world
at an unprecedented pace as organisations race to integrate AI into their
systems and products to take their customer service to new heights and unleash
new levels of productivity. Intertek AI(2) is the world's first independent
end-to-end AI assurance programme to enable organisations to power ahead with
smarter, safer and trusted AI solutions."

 

ENDS

 

For further Information:

Please contact:

 

Denis Moreau, Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7396 3415

investor@intertek.com

 

Jonathon Brill/James Styles, DGA Group

+44 (0) 7836 622 683

intertek@dgagroup.com

 

 

About Intertek

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries
worldwide.

 

Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100
countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and
Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains.

 

Intertek is a purpose-led company to Bring Quality, Safety and Sustainability
to Life. We provide 24/7 mission-critical quality assurance solutions to our
clients to ensure that they can operate with well-functioning supply chains in
each of their operations.

 

Our Customer Promise is: Intertek Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered
consistently, with precision, pace and passion, enabling our customers to
power ahead safely.

 

intertek.com

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