AI tools offer a multitude of potential benefits in the workplace. They can also create significant legal, privacy, and cybersecurity risk if not properly managed. Adopting an employee AI Acceptable Use Policy can help manage that risk.
Below are five key reasons why HR professionals and in-house counsel should prioritize the development of an AI Acceptable Use Policy.
One of the most significant risks accompanying workplace AI adoption is the use of unauthorized, publicly available AI tools by employees to perform work-related tasks. When employees input company information into unapproved AI platforms, organizations may inadvertently expose confidential, proprietary, personal, or regulated data to third parties, creating significant privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance risks.
To mitigate these risks, a clear AI Acceptable Use Policy will identify approved, organization-vetted AI tools and expressly prohibit the use of unauthorized AI applications for business purposes. Requiring employees to use only approved platforms helps ensure that AI solutions undergo appropriate review by legal, information security, privacy, compliance, and IT stakeholders before deployment.
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