Responsible AI Governance

What does good AI governance look like? The UK AI Safety Summit 2023 has built on the government's intention to regulate the use and not the tech – focusing on the need for responsible engagement by owners and users of AI systems

Best practice is evolving on what a good AI governance strategy looks like, whether you are a tech start-up designing an AI system or a business wanting to integrate AI innovations to drive productivity. What is clear, though, is the need to innovate responsibly – building in guardrails to internal and external processes to drive AI decision-making transparently and fairly. Some current issues we advise on:

• Copyright and database rights for AI datasets. The use of text, images or other data copied from any source for use in an AI system is a common pitfall; the provenance needs to be available so that consent from the owner can be sought where necessary. Similarly, repeating data from a database could be a breach of the database right