It’s always important to use AI tools responsibly, with an understanding of their limitations and reminders for users. Disclaimers for AI are important for several reasons:

1. Accuracy: AI systems learn from data and their responses are based on patterns they’ve learned. They are likely to not always be 100% accurate. The disclaimer helps users understand that there may be errors or inaccuracies in the AI’s responses.
2. Data Privacy: AI systems often process large amounts of data. A disclaimer can inform users about what data is collected and how it’s used, ensuring transparency around data privacy.
3. Limitations: AI has its limitations. It doesn’t have feelings, consciousness, or the ability to understand context in the same way humans do. A disclaimer helps set realistic expectations about what the AI can and can’t do so when an ambiguous or unhelpful response is provided.
4. Liability: Disclaimers can protect the provider of the AI service from legal liability by informing users that the AI’s responses should not be relied upon for critical decisions unaided.
5. Ethics: AI should be used responsibly and a disclaimer can remind users of this and provide guidelines for ethical use.

Given many AI is integrated into solutions, a good summary should be provided where users are interacted with AI so it needs to be quite snappy with links to more details, for example a privacy policy and terms of use. Looking at a few major examples, helps guide the design of your own AI disclaimers.

It extends far broader than Technology Solutions requiring disclaimers for the use of AI. There are numerous examples across many professions from Law to Political Parties and Advertisers.

The disclaimers in this post were collected on 2 November 2023 and are subject to change on the source websites.