Responsible AI and AI compliance
On this page 9 topics
Overview
Topics
- Privacy
- residency of model calls
- transparency
- bias
- human oversight
- auditability
- regulation at concept level
Learn first
3.5 h of practice (estimate)
Learning outcomes
- Apply responsible-AI principles (transparency, fairness, human oversight, accountability) as concrete design controls.
- Handle privacy for AI: what data may be sent to which model, where it is processed, and how long it is retained.
- Classify AI use cases by risk, following the risk-based approach of emerging AI regulation such as the EU AI Act, and work with legal partners on obligations.
- Design auditability: record inputs, outputs, versions, and human decisions for AI-assisted outcomes.
Lessons
- 01Responsible AI as engineering
- 02Privacy and residency of model calls
- 03Risk-based classification of AI use cases
- 04Transparency, bias, and human oversight
- 05Auditability of AI decisions
- 06Demo: risk-classifying the marketplace's AI features
- 07Demo: designing human oversight for automated seller suspensions
Lab and exercises
Lab
SRA-022-LAB1 · Responsible AI controls
Outcomes: 1–4 · Time: ~2 h
- Build a register of Commerce 2030 marketplace AI features and propose a risk class for each.
- Draw the data flow and residency analysis for each feature: what is sent to which model, where, and retention.
- Draft transparency notices and design human oversight with an appeal path for high-impact decisions.
- Design audit records and evidence for AI-assisted outcomes.
- Review with a role-played legal and compliance advisor and revise.
Acceptance: reviewed with a role-played legal and compliance advisor; every high-risk use has human oversight and an audit trail.
Exercises (case-based; six exercises)
| ID | Outcome | Task |
|---|---|---|
| SRA-022-EX01 | 1 | Map the four principles to concrete controls, owners, and tests for a seller-listing assistant. |
| SRA-022-EX02 | 2 | A team wants to send full support chats to a hosted model. Write the review: data classes, terms to check, redaction, residency. |
| SRA-022-EX03 | 3 | Classify five marketplace AI uses by risk and justify each class; list what you need legal to confirm. |
| SRA-022-EX04 | 3 | Decide which uses need a transparency notice and write the notice text for the support assistant. |
| SRA-022-EX05 | 1 | Design human oversight and appeal for automatic seller account suspension, including reviewer evidence and time limits. |
| SRA-022-EX06 | 4 | Define the audit record and retention for AI-assisted refund decisions and explain how it supports an appeal. |
Show solutions
- EX01 Transparency: label AI drafts. Fairness: evaluate quality across languages. Oversight: seller reviews before publishing. Accountability: named owner, incident process, logging. Each has a test or metric.
- EX02 Allow only needed fields; redact personal identifiers; check provider retention, location, and training use (verify); use regional or self-hosted options if residency requires; get legal sign-off.
- EX03 Examples: listing assistant minimal or limited risk; support assistant limited (disclosure); search ranking minimal; fraud scoring and seller suspension higher scrutiny because they affect income. Legal confirms class and obligations.
- EX04 Notices where people interact with AI or receive AI-generated content, for example "This reply was drafted by an AI assistant; you may ask for a human agent."
- EX05 Model recommends; trained reviewer decides for material actions; reviewer sees evidence and explanation; notice with reasons; appeal decided by a different human within a set time; metrics on overturns.
- EX06 Record request id, time, model and prompt versions, inputs reference, output, reviewer and decision, reason; tamper-resistant storage; retention per legal advice; allows reconstructing why the refund was decided.
Outcome 1 is also covered by the quiz; outcome 4 by the lab audit design.
Workplace evidence: a responsible-AI or AI privacy control you designed and got adopted.
Quiz
Outcomes: O1 responsible-AI controls · O2 privacy and residency of model calls · O3 risk-based classification · O4 AI auditability.
A self-check for you: nothing is graded, saved or sent anywhere. Choose an answer, then check it. You can try again as often as you like.
Practical part
Six case exercises SRA-022-EX01 to EX06 plus the lab, reviewed as a controls package by a role-played legal and compliance advisor. Pass: at least five of six exercises correct, quiz at least 8/10, and a package in which every high-risk use has human oversight and an audit trail.
Common mistakes
Sending personal data to a model without checking terms and residency; fully automated decisions that affect people with no appeal path; treating compliance as a final checklist.
Assessment
Controls review.
Workplace evidence
A responsible-AI or AI privacy control you designed and got adopted.
Career relevance
AI security, privacy, and compliance architecture (ARC-046).