The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) has made the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) governance frameworks clear, but it didn’t say what role compliance should play. Here’s the answer.

The DOJ considers the use of AI tools by businesses as “an emerging risk,” and recently updated its ECCP to reflect this new line of thinking. Compliance manages risk, and so the DOJ in its ECCP expects compliance to manage the risks to an organization related to its use of AI and other emerging technologies.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...