Opinion ·
AI sovereignty is proven the day access disappears
Original title, in French: “La souveraineté de l'IA se prouve le jour où l'accès disparaît”
- Publication
- Journal du Net (France)
- Author
- Chronique de Jacky Galicher
- Published on
- 12 October 2026 · read in the page metadata
Summary
In this opinion piece, Jacky Galicher, a digital governance consultant, argues that an AI is sovereign only if the organisation can keep operating without its provider in the event of an access cut-off. He draws on the example of ARTEX, an AI agent that went closed source after cybersecurity companies linked it to a campaign against South Korean banks, according to Reuters. The author distinguishes legal sovereignty (data location) from operational sovereignty (availability, portability, maintenance). He cites the Open Future Forum's CISO AI Leverage Report (October 2026): 37% of the 49 relevant respondents say they use shared service accounts, compared with 14% using a delegated identity. He proposes four questions for CIOs and recommends access cut-off simulation exercises to test the real reversibility of AI systems.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on Journal du Net →Figures cited
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37 %
Share of respondents concerned by access methods who say they use shared service accounts
49 respondents concerned by access methods, CISO AI Leverage Report, October 2026 (non-representative sample)
« Selon le CISO AI Leverage Report de l’Open Future Forum (octobre 2026), 37 % des 49 répondants concernés par les méthodes d’accès déclarent utiliser des comptes de service partagés, contre 14 % une identité déléguée ou un accès médié. »
Source: CISO AI Leverage Report, Open Future Forum
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14 %
Share of respondents using a delegated identity or mediated access
49 respondents concerned by access methods, CISO AI Leverage Report, October 2026 (non-representative sample)
« Selon le CISO AI Leverage Report de l’Open Future Forum (octobre 2026), 37 % des 49 répondants concernés par les méthodes d’accès déclarent utiliser des comptes de service partagés, contre 14 % une identité déléguée ou un accès médié. »
Source: CISO AI Leverage Report, Open Future Forum
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Open Future Forum (study author), Reuters (cited), ARTEX (cited)
- Keywords
- digital sovereignty, agentic AI, AI governance, identity management, reversibility, CIOs
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Journal du Net and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.