The U.K.’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has issued guidance to help organizations explain their use of—and reliance on—artificial intelligence (AI) in decision making and how such technology might impact the public.

Working alongside The Alan Turing Institute, the U.K.’s national institute for data science and AI, the ICO has launched a consultation on the joint draft guidance, called “Explaining decisions made with AI,” which aims to give organizations practical advice to help explain to individuals the processes, services, and decisions delivered or assisted by AI.

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