From the course: Introduction to Auditing AI Systems

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Levels of transparency

Levels of transparency

- [Presenter] Transparency in AI is critical to building trust and maintaining compliance with existing and proposed regulations. Companies that use AI tools have an obligation to communicate with their users and the public at large about AI in their products. Organizations should inform consumers where they use AI, how complex their AI is, and what types of things are being predicted about them. Additionally, companies should disclose how users can opt out or receive recourse for harms they may encounter. In addition to federal laws, state level regulations have been proposed that would require companies to include AI specific transparency in their privacy policies. Of course, the challenge here is balancing how much companies should disclose so their customers are informed, but not so much that they lose valuable intellectual property. Let's start defining some levels of transparency. Level 1 might look like companies…

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