What should an AI acceptable-use policy include?
It should include approved tools, restricted data, human review, customer-facing output rules, escalation, and incident reporting.
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- Govern AI in a small company by naming approved tools, restricted data, human review rules, customer-facing output standards, escalation paths, incident reporting, and a lightweight cadence for new use-case requests.
- BEST FIT
- Owners, CEOs, COOs, HR leaders, IT leaders, and managers setting practical AI rules.
- RECOMMENDED START
- AI Governance, Policy, and Training
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AI Governance, Policy, and Training service published
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AI Acceptable-Use Policy Template published
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Classified security frameworks at a semiconductor fab
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How can governance help adoption?
Practical governance gives employees safe defaults and a request path, which lets low-risk workflows move faster.
RELATED PAGE AI Governance glossaryWhen does governance need specialist review?
Use specialist review for legal, clinical, employment, credit, insurance, regulated, or high-impact automated decisions.
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