{"id":34266,"date":"2025-11-05T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=34266"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:20:59","slug":"need-to-strengthen-ai-risk-protections-in-vendor-contracts-read-new-guidance-on-key-clauses-that-safeguard-your-organization","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/need-to-strengthen-ai-risk-protections-in-vendor-contracts-read-new-guidance-on-key-clauses-that-safeguard-your-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to Strengthen AI Risk Protections in Vendor Contracts? 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Read Recent Co-Authored Article for CIO.com\n    <\/h1>\n\t<p class='text-white subheading'>Featuring Insights from Arti Deshpande, Robert Stines and Mike Vaughan<\/p>\n  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section section_padding_top=&#8221;pt-5&#8243; section_padding_bottom=&#8221;pb-5&#8243; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_row row_padding_top=&#8221;pt-4&#8243; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible overlapping-row&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;overlapping-column&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;33614&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1082&#215;439&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;brand-rounded-corners-right shadowed&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row row_padding_top=&#8221;pt-0&#8243;][vc_column]  <div class=\"cards icon-horizontal\">\n    <div class=\"icon-horizontal--item cards--item mb-0 text-center\">\n\n      <div class=\"cards--inner\">\n\n                <div class=\"cards--inner-image\">\n          <div class=\"icon-horizontal--image bg-white\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ri_calendar-line.png') !important;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"cards--inner-content align-self-center\">\n                                  <div class=\"cards--description\">November 5th, 2025<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  [vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Arti Deshpande, Senior Technology Solutions Business Partner, Robert Stines, Senior Technology Counsel, and Mike Vaughan, Chief Data Officer, have co-authored an Article for CIO.com titled, <i>\u201cYour vendor\u2019s AI is your risk: 4 clauses that could save you from hidden liability.\u201d <\/i>In the article, they share different ways to protect yourself with clauses that demand transparency, control your data, and assign real accountability.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Require disclosure of where and how AI is used<\/li>\n<li>Restrict how their data can be fed into external models<\/li>\n<li>Mandate human oversight for high-stakes decisions<\/li>\n<li>Assign liability for errors or bias back to the vendor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>\u201cThe clauses outlined here provide a starting point for protection, but they\u2019re not the end of the story. 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