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Approving a new AI tool

The vendor questions to ask before staff put company data into a new AI tool, a scoring rule that turns the answers into a data-class decision, and who signs off.

Checklist · 20 min · Members

What's inside
  • How to use it
  • Part 1: The request
  • Part 2: Vendor questions
  • Part 3: Gates and scoring
  • Part 4: Who signs off
  • Worked example
  • After approval

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