{"name":"Applied AI in Mayotte — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Mayotte, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/mayotte","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Mayotte","slug":"mayotte","iso2":"YT","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":7,"deployments":2,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":5,"industries":2,"countries":1,"linked":7},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","role":"Border security officer","org":"French government","text":"Mayotte will gain new AI coastal surveillance under a French plan Sébastien Lecornu confirmed, aimed at curbing seaborne illegal immigration. Radar upgrades, a fixed lookout base at M'tsamboro, long-range drones and trial balloons for constant altitude watch make up the toolkit. Officials called it a move toward stronger \"militarisation\" defending the island's sovereignty, part of wider AI-assisted border surveillance efforts.","date":"2026-08-26","source":"https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/l-info-de-france-inter/l-info-de-france-inter-2541075"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Business Operations","region":"Mayotte","role":"Business advisor","org":"CCI Mayotte","text":"CCI Mayotte now offers AI business creation support via IDcreaCCIon, a digital platform from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belfort steering founders from concept to launch. Advisors pair the software's output with their own know-how, covering funding, legal structure, financial forecasting and market study. Mayotte is the tool's first outpost beyond mainland France, already relied on by several French chambers for entrepreneurship support.","date":"2026-07","source":"https://inforadar.fr/belfort-la-plateforme-idcreaccion-de-la-cci-s-exporte-jusqu-a-mayotte"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","org":"French Government (Ministry of Economy and Finance)","text":"Mayotte's AI policy advisory council, CIANum (Conseil de l'intelligence artificielle et du numérique), weighs how digital tools and AI touch society, the economy and territories. Clara Chappaz founded it 12 June 2025; a 4 September 2025 decree updated the 8 December 2017 text, cementing its legal status. Succeeding the Conseil national du numérique, CIANum gained members by order on 8 September 2025 — Mayotte's AI and digital governance body.","date":"2025-09-04","source":"https://www.conseil-ia-numerique.fr/le-conseil"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","org":"French Government (Ministry of Public Action and Ministry for AI and Digital)","text":"Laurent Marcangeli and Clara Chappaz revealed France's AI in public sector plan on 6 February 2025, reaching Mayotte as a French department. Backed by an interministerial committee under the Prime Minister, the pair committed to faster adoption spanning every ministry, benefiting staff and citizens through new training and tooling. Building on the 2018 national strategy, the announcement signals renewed AI adoption across government.","date":"2025-02-06","source":"https://presse.economie.gouv.fr/ip-presentation-de-la-strategie-du-gouvernement-en-faveur-de-la-diffusion-de-lia-dans-le-secteur-public/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","org":"European Parliament and Council of the European Union","text":"Mayotte falls under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 by virtue of its status as a French overseas department inside the European Union, meaning the EU AI Act Mayotte rules apply automatically without local transposition. Brussels structured this AI regulation in Mayotte around four tiers of danger — unacceptable, high, limited and minimal — with unacceptable practices outlawed from 2 February 2025 and duties for general-purpose AI models starting 2 August 2025. High-risk system requirements arrive later still, from 2 August 2026, giving developers and deployers a staggered runway rather than a single compliance deadline.","date":"2024-08","source":"https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/decryptages-de-nos-experts/le-reglement-europeen-sur-lintelligence-artificielle-publics-concernes"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","org":"CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)","text":"France's data authority, the CNIL, issued its first AI system development GDPR guidance on 8 April 2024, following public consultation. Topics addressed include the relevant legal regime, purpose definition, actor qualification, legal basis, testing, data protection impact assessments, and data protection by design. Coverage extends across all French territory, including Mayotte.","date":"2024-04-08","source":"https://cnil.fr/fr/ia-la-cnil-publie-ses-premieres-recommandations-sur-le-developpement-des-systemes-dintelligence"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Mayotte","org":"French Government (Presidency of the Republic)","text":"French AI policy traces to the Stratégie nationale pour l'intelligence artificielle, unveiled by Emmanuel Macron at the Collège de France during the AI for Humanity colloquium. Four pillars structure it: talent and research for an AI ecosystem, open data for domestic champions, funding for faster AI adoption in health and mobility, and an ethical, political framework. Mayotte, a French overseas department, falls under this Strategy like the rest of France.","date":"2018-03-29","source":"https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2018/03/29/discours-du-president-de-la-republique-sur-lintelligence-artificielle"}]}