More and more industrial companies are setting out their AI policy: how tools are chosen, what information can be shared, with which accounts, and who is trained to use it. But those criteria cannot stay in-house.
Contracts already cover the GDPR, privacy and confidentiality. Almost none address the framework for using AI. And part of what is delivered to us is already made with AI: sometimes with the supplier’s own model; often with several frontier AIs from the big technology companies.
It is not about distrust, it is about traceability.
Four things to ask for:
- Which AI is used, and what for.
- What is done with the data.
- Notice if the model changes.
- What controls there are over the results.
The European Commission has already published model AI clauses for public procurement. It is a sign of where the market is heading: sooner or later, these questions will reach business-to-business contracts too.
And what I ask of my suppliers, my customers are going to ask of me.