GOVGOV-006 — Audit and Assurance Gaps
Opaque AI Decision-Making Undermines Public Sector Accountability
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI systems deployed without explainability or transparent disclosure of data and algorithms create conditions for misuse and misinterpretation of automated decisions. Boards face direct accountability exposure where governance frameworks cannot demonstrate how or why consequential decisions were reached.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Risk Profiles: A Standards Proposal for Pre-Deployment AI Risk Disclosures (Sherman2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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