Humanity
Knowledge, empathy, transmission and the protection of people take precedence over any logic of technological domination.
Charter of the association
A permanent compass
to guide every decision.
The Charter of Association ARIEL-IA sets out the principles guiding its members, bodies, employees, representatives, partners, licensees, subsidiaries and future structures. It affirms a simple conviction: technology must remain at the service of people, life, knowledge and dignity.
It is better to slow down a project than to betray its purpose.
Preamble
Vision and commitment.
The Charter defines ARIEL-IA’s permanent intention. It serves as a reference for acting, deciding, transmitting and protecting.
Our commitment
We, the members of Association ARIEL-IA, are united by the conviction that technology must remain at the service of people, life, knowledge and dignity.
We are committed to building, protecting, transmitting and evolving artificial intelligence that is ethical, human-centric and sovereign.
Our mission is to place human and artificial intelligence at the service of the common good, autonomy, the protection of people, the transmission of knowledge, digital sovereignty, health, education, water, energy and human resilience.
This Charter is a permanent compass for members, bodies, employees, representatives, partners, subsidiaries and future structures arising from the Association.
Article 1
Fundamental values.
These values are not slogans. They determine what ARIEL-IA may accept, develop, support or refuse.
Ethics
No technical power justifies a voluntary grey area, hidden capture, manipulation or harm to dignity.
Sovereignty
Every person, institution or organisation must retain control over their data, tools, choices and secrets.
Transmission
Knowledge must circulate, be made understandable and serve to elevate rather than confine.
Sobriety
Useful technology must avoid unnecessary complexity, artificial dependency and computational waste.
Protection of life
Innovation has value only if it concretely protects or improves human, social, medical, ecological or educational life.
Article 2
Principles of action.
Projects carried or supported by ARIEL-IA must remain useful, understandable, documented and aligned with the mission.
Real usefulness
The association’s projects must respond to a human, social, educational, medical, digital or strategic need that can be understood.
Documentation
Research, training, auditing, documentation and transmission are integral parts of the mission.
Controlled operation
Tools developed should, whenever possible, operate locally, without telemetry, silent capture or opaque dependency.
Refusal of hidden access
ARIEL-IA refuses backdoors, hidden master keys, undocumented access, non-consensual remote activation and concealed surveillance mechanisms.
Human governance
Sensitive technologies must remain framed by human, ethical and legally responsible governance.
Traceability of choices
Important decisions must be understandable, justified and placed in clear alignment with the mission.
Article 3
Commitment to vulnerable people and life.
ARIEL-IA technologies must help protect, support, explain, transmit and strengthen human capabilities.
Directing capabilities toward protection
The Association directs its capabilities toward the protection of people, training, access to knowledge, health, digital sovereignty, water, renewable energy, resilience and projects with real human impact.
Medical, neural, biometric, social or personal data are never treated as mere commodities.
ARIEL-IA supports the idea that artificial intelligence must assist, explain, alert, transmit and augment human capabilities, without replacing human decision-making in critical areas.
Health
Tools related to health or sensitive data must be handled with particular caution, clear governance and absolute respect for the people concerned.
Education
AI must help people learn better, understand better, transmit better and reduce barriers to access to knowledge.
Resilience
Water, energy, digital security and the transmission of knowledge are essential pillars of human resilience.
Article 4
Commitment of members.
Being a member of ARIEL-IA implies responsibility toward the mission, people, entrusted assets and sensitive information.
Respect for the framework
Every member undertakes to respect the statutes, internal regulations and this Charter.
Loyalty to the mission
Each member acts loyally toward the association’s purposes and refuses any use contrary to its aim.
Confidentiality
Sensitive, technical, personal, strategic or legal information entrusted to the association must be protected.
Refusal of drift
Members undertake to refuse any use contrary to dignity, sovereignty or the protection of life.
Reporting
Any serious drift, conflict of interest or use contrary to the principles of the association must be reported.
Protection of assets
Assets, documents, technologies and rights entrusted to the association must be protected with care.
Article 5
Commitment of subsidiaries, partners and licensees.
The Charter does not stop with members of the association. It extends to structures, partners and beneficiaries who use, integrate or operate an ARIEL-IA technology.
A framework for the entire ecosystem
Any subsidiary, controlled company, partner, licensee, distributor, integrator or beneficiary of an ARIEL-IA technology must comply with this Charter.
No contract may authorise use contrary to the values of Humanity, Ethics, Sovereignty, Transmission, Sobriety and Protection of life.
The association reserves the right to suspend or revoke a licence, partnership or authorisation to operate in case of serious violation of the Charter, according to the applicable contractual and legal terms.
Article 6
Financial and moral independence.
Money is not an end in itself. It is a means at the service of the mission.
Funding the mission, not distorting it
Revenues from technologies, holdings, licences, royalties, donations or economic activities must feed the statutory purposes, fund salaries useful to continuity, support projects, strengthen audits, protect assets and enable transmission.
No funding should be accepted if it imposes a drift contrary to the mission.
This financial and moral independence protects the association against dependencies incompatible with its Charter, statutes or founding principles.
Article 7
Continuity and transition toward a foundation.
The Charter must accompany any future transition toward a Swiss foundation or any structure called upon to take over the association’s mission assets.
Preserving the initial intention
The Charter must accompany any transition toward a Swiss foundation or any structure called upon to take over the association’s mission assets.
The future foundation, if constituted, must preserve the initial intention: protect, transmit, support, develop and reinvest at the service of life.
It is better to slow down a project than to betray its purpose.
Synthesis
The Charter as a permanent safeguard.
It allows ARIEL-IA to remain faithful to its intention, even as projects, technologies or structures evolve.
It guides
The Charter guides strategic, technical, financial and partnership decisions.
It protects
It protects the mission against uses contrary to dignity, sovereignty and the protection of life.
It transmits
It allows future generations, partners and structures arising from ARIEL-IA to understand what must never be distorted.
Going further
A living Charter, non-negotiable in spirit.
Words may evolve, projects may change, but the intention remains: protect, transmit and act at the service of life.