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Risk & safety

Frameworks in the Risk & safety topic.

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Where Does It Run?

Every AI system has a venue, and the venue decides where your data goes, what it costs and what it can do.
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The Expert's Advantage

Who checks decides how fast AI can safely go.
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Risk Zones

A traffic-light filter for where it is safe to start with AI.
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The Verification Dial

Check AI's work by its stakes and track record, and earn your way down from 100%.
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What Counts as Private AI?

"Cloud AI" is three different things. Match each kind of data to the lowest tier that protects it.
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The Vendor Evaluation Card

A DIY evidence pack on whether a tool is safe for your business data.
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AI Drafts, You Sign

AI produces the draft; a named human checks and owns what goes out.
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Defensive Programming

Put predictable rules around unpredictable AI: rules first to handle the bulk, rules after to check the output.
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Shadow AI

Staff already use free AI on company data. The risk is already here.
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The Permission Ladder

How much autonomy you give an AI permission to have.
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Produce vs Act

Does an unattended AI act, or only produce and hand to a person?
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The Four Seats

A four-role split that keeps AI advice separate from AI action.
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