AI Governance
Whoever uses an AI system answers for what it does.
Artificial intelligence now writes, recommends, screens and decides inside ordinary organisations, often introduced by individual staff before anyone has set a policy. The technology is new, but the governance question is old: who is accountable, what could go wrong, and how would we find out? An organisation remains responsible for outcomes that a tool produced on its behalf.
Good governance here is practical. Know where AI is being used. Decide what it may and may not be used for. Check that it is accurate and fair enough for the purpose, protect the personal and confidential information that goes into it, keep a person responsible for important decisions, and be open with those affected. Rules are arriving unevenly: the European Union has its AI Act, standards such as ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework offer guidance, and many countries are still developing their own. Existing obligations on data protection, consumer fairness and professional duty already apply.
This theme is about setting sensible guardrails for AI use, so that an organisation can benefit from it without losing control of it.
Directors and trustees, executives, risk, compliance and IT leaders, and managers whose teams use AI tools.