Dos and Don’ts for Employee Use of Generative AI

After the public started using ChatGPT in November 2022, companies issued all-workforce warnings to halt or strictly limit employees’ use of it and other breakthrough generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools. Many companies then handed out memos with dos and don’ts for using Gen AI on the job. Many software suppliers released Gen AI tools tailored to business use in the second half of 2023. With those enhancements, companies can run the programs behind their systems’ firewalls – which allows security checks – and train Gen AI using only in‑house data, reducing the risks of proprietary data leaking into public searches. A lot of companies have now updated their rules to steer employees away from public third-party Gen AI tools, even for brainstorming. Although those business-safe Gen AI technologies are a positive development for companies’ governance, they are also overwhelming to monitor. This article examines employers’ shift in Gen AI policies and practices, including training and risk assessment, and presents several dos and don’ts for employees’ Gen AI use. See “Embracing AI in Private Funds: Emerging AI Technology and Valuable Legal- and Compliance‑Related Applications (Part One of Two)” (Nov. 16, 2023).

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