Idealist Consulting’s AI Usage Policy Builder

By: idealconsult

2 minutes

Employees across all sectors are using AI on a wide variety of tasks to save time, cut down on menial tasks, and simply to experiment. The problem isn’t that they are using AI, but rather that often the tools they’re using have not been properly vetted and there are no guidelines on exactly how to use them. This lack of rules and structure can create security risks, data siloes, AI sprawl, and more. The first line of defense? An AI usage policy. Creating a policy is especially important for nonprofits, as it helps ensure protection of sensitive information, such as private client data or donor records.

What does a good AI usage policy look like?

An AI usage policy is a document outlining guidelines and regulations on how people at your organization should be using AI tools at work. But what does this actually look like? A good policy includes details on approved tools, outlines appropriate use cases, and provides specificity on data privacy rules. It provides clear guardrails for employees, exciting them to further innovate with the tools, while reducing risk to the organization.

Building an AI usage policy from scratch takes time

That’s why we built a free policy builder tool that only takes a few minutes

Answer a handful of questions about how you want your organization to handle data & sensitive populations, permitted uses, human oversight, and a few more of the most important considerations to generate a policy in minutes. From there, you can download and edit it as you see fit!