PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is underscoring the need for a structured regional framework to guide the responsible development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI).

“AI must be harnessed to reduce our vulnerabilities and amplify our strengths. That requires a forum that sets the pace and the structure for action: standards that fit our scale, governance that protects our citizens, capacity development pathways that keep talent in the region, and financing models that help make pilot projects sustainable and scalable,” Nigel Cassimire, the CTU’s Deputy Secretary-General, told the two-day first Caribbean Artificial Intelligence Forum (CAIF) 2026.

He told the forum, being held under the theme ‘AI for Caribbean Transformation: Governance, Innovation and Resilience for a Shared Digital Future’ in Trinidad and Tobago, that there is a need for a structured regional framework to guide the responsible development and implementation of AI.