AI Governance

AI governance refers to the process of governing AI systems in organisations. Read our insights, regulatory updates, judgment summaries, enforcement action (including fines and notes) summaries, AI case studies or authority guidance.

AI as a Service: legal, commercial & technical considerations

AI has rapidly emerged as a key technology in the modern era. With its ability to automate processes and analyse data, AI has proven to be a game-changer for businesses across various industries. Specifically, AI as a service (AIaaS) is [...]

By |2025-05-27T15:55:15+02:00April 11th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|Tags: |
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ISO publishes guidance on AI risk management

ISO's guidance on AI risk management introduces a common framework relating to the implementation and use of AI systems. Risk management allows organisations to identify and evaluate risks using resources. The guidance applies to organisations that produce, develop, use, or [...]

By |2024-02-28T22:41:22+02:00March 27th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|Tags: , , |
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Sustainable AI: Five strategies for future-conscious organisations

AI has the potential to transform industries, drive innovation, and improve decision-making. However, the increasing use of AI has raised concerns about its sustainability. In essence, sustainability means that organisations engage in business that meets the needs of the present [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:17:34+02:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|
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Privacy Impact Assessments for AI systems | Actionable steps

In today’s digital age, organisations increasingly use AI systems to process large amounts of personal data. These systems can potentially transform businesses and society in profound ways. But they also pose significant risks to the rights and freedoms of data [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:16:17+02:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: AI Governance, POPI and Data Protection|Tags: |
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Model risk management for AI systems

Model risk management is crucial to effectively using AI in various domains. As you know, AI has advanced rapidly and integrated into different areas of our lives, including healthcare, finance, and transportation. Even so, AI systems’ reliance on complex models [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:08:46+02:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|Tags: , |
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Membership inference attacks | A new AI security risk

Let’s explore a new AI security risk: membership inference attacks. What is it? It’s an AI attack during which an attacker tries to determine if you have used a particular person’s personal information to train a machine learning model. The [...]

By |2024-08-26T06:21:09+02:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance, Cybersecurity Law, POPI and Data Protection|
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Model inversion attacks | A new AI security risk

Let’s explore a new AI security risk: model inversion attacks. What is it? It’s a type of AI attack during which an attacker tries to infer personal information about a data subject by exploiting the outputs of a machine learning [...]

By |2024-08-26T06:21:36+02:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance, Cybersecurity Law, POPI and Data Protection|
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Bard: Google launches ChatGPT rival

Today, Google unveiled its rival to ChatGPT: “Bard”. The news follows the public’s rapid embrace of ChatGPT, a competing chatbot from OpenAI. Introducing Bard In a blog post, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said his company is opening a conversational AI service [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:05:49+02:00February 6th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|Tags: |
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How to choose a lawyer to help you with AI’s legal issues

The internet’s flooded with articles, webinars and value propositions from lawyers offering to guide you on the legal issues of AI, like ChatGPT. The sheer volume of information makes it exceedingly difficult to evaluate whom to rely on in lawfully [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:05:38+02:00February 6th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance|
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The AI disclosure clause: drafting tips for vendor contracts

A clever client recently asked me to draft an AI disclosure clause for her organisation’s vendor agreements. Her reasoning: with the prevalence of AI technologies like ChatGPT, she wants to know if vendors use AI in producing deliverables. Ultimately, she [...]

By |2024-08-25T22:05:10+02:00January 24th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance, Contracts|Tags: |
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Undisclosed AI systems and data protection

Using AI systems without telling anyone is tempting, but their undisclosed use is problematic, according to relevant data protection laws. It infringes on the principle of transparency by preventing data subjects from understanding how their personal data is processed, and [...]

By |2023-01-30T18:39:52+02:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: AI Governance, POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , , |
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