{"name":"Applied AI in Réunion — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Réunion, 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/reunion","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":"Réunion","slug":"reunion","iso2":"RE","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":8,"deployments":3,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":4,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":8},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Technology & Software","region":"Réunion","org":"Pigé survey for Le Quotidien","text":"AI tools Réunion adoption stands at 73% of internet users, a survey by Pigé for Le Quotidien found, matching levels seen in mainland France. The poll of 663 respondents aged 15 and over found artificial intelligence use has overtaken e-commerce in uptake speed, despite arriving on the island only in late 2022. Convenience and performance ratings for AI beat search engines, though trust and reliability lagged by up to 25 points.","date":"2026-08","source":"https://www.lequotidien.re/article/societe/2026/08/24/la-reunion-nechappe-pas-a-la-vague-ia"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Réunion","role":"Tax inspector","org":"Direction Régionale des Finances Publiques (DRFiP) de La Réunion","text":"Direction Régionale des Finances Publiques (DRFiP) Réunion applies AI to aerial photographs, uncovering over a thousand unreported swimming pools for property tax purposes. This AI tax fraud detection effort, running since 2025, is expanding to catch unpermitted building work like garages and terraces, with AI-assisted tax compliance also helping agents verify claimed expenses during income tax filing periods.","date":"2026-04","source":"https://www.lequotidien.re/article/societe/2026/04/15/Une-lutte-contre-la-fraude-renforcee-557157"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Réunion","org":"Université de La Réunion","text":"Université de La Réunion's Conseil d'Administration approved a Charter on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, governing generative AI use in higher education across the institution for students, staff and faculty. Framed around responsibility, transparency and respect for academic values, it aims to support enriched learning rather than restrict it. The charter sits alongside internal rules and the wider national and European legal backdrop set by GDPR and the AI Act, supplementing but not replacing them, extending a broader generative AI policy at universities.","date":"2025-12-16","source":"https://www.univ-reunion.fr/pages/numerique-pages/luniversite-de-la-reunion-vous-presente-la-charte-ia/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Réunion","org":"Conseil Régional de La Réunion (Région Réunion)","text":"Conseil Régional de La Réunion stood up its first Regional Data and Artificial Intelligence Committee, uniting public bodies with private firms behind regional AI governance built for the common good. A shared framework guides the panel toward open, dependable, ethically handled records, casting AI as an engine of local innovation rather than a mere administrative add-on beyond territorial data governance. This step extends the Regional Digital Strategy already in force since September 2023.","date":"2025-09-09","source":"https://freedom.fr/installation-du-comite-regional-de-la-donnee-et-de-lintelligence-artificielle/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Réunion","role":"Social workers, victim support workers","org":"CEVIF (Centre d'Écoute des Violences Intrafamiliales)","text":"AinoAid, an AI chatbot for domestic violence support piloted on Réunion, had logged over 1,000 anonymous contacts within months. CNRS deployed the tool with local partner CEVIF under the EU-funded IMPROVE project, letting victims, associations and health workers spot abuse, locate resources and reach services — an early example of AI for domestic abuse support.","date":"2025-08-07","source":"https://imazpress.com/actus-reunion/chat-bot-violences-conjugales"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Réunion","role":"Waste sorting operator","org":"ILEVA","text":"ILEVA's centre in southern and western La Réunion now runs an AI optical sorter, using cameras to pull recyclables from the waste stream. The €400 million Saint-Pierre facility housing it targets 240,000 tonnes diverted from landfill and 10% of island electricity within two years. This AI-driven waste sorting technology anchors a wider infrastructure push.","date":"2025-03","source":"https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org/afp/valorisation-des-dechets-la-reunion-accelere-sa-transition-energetique-250311"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Réunion","org":"European Parliament and Council of the European Union","text":"AI regulation Réunion rests on Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU AI Act, passed 13 June 2024 by the European Parliament and Council and printed in the Official Journal on 12 July 2024. Bloc-wide and binding, it treats Réunion as an outermost EU territory like any other member state, grading AI tools by hazard level and fixing duties on providers and deployers: bans for unacceptable-risk uses, disclosure rules, conformity checks. That single AI governance framework now governs deployment across the union.","date":"2024-06-13","source":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R1689"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Réunion","org":"Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)","text":"France's CNIL, under Deliberation 2024-011, released its first framework for AI systems compliant with GDPR, addressing how projects establish legal basis, define purpose, qualify actors, manage data collection, and complete data protection impact assessments. As the French data protection authority, CNIL extends this AI development compliance guidance to Réunion.","date":"2024-01-18","source":"https://cnil.fr/fr/ia-la-cnil-publie-ses-premieres-recommandations-sur-le-developpement-des-systemes-dintelligence"}]}