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Leaders may have little visibility into how a model was trained or how it changes, yet when it discriminates, mishandles data, or harms a customer, regulators and plaintiffs often look first to the company that deployed it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Outsourced #AIbut #Risk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your company\u2019s outsourced AI technology leaving it vulnerable to unexpected risk? As enterprises increasingly embed third-party systems into their workflows, technological risk has led to new legal and operational responsibilities. 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