AI at Work: The Legal Risks That Could Cost Your Business

Are you using AI to save time in your startup without checking what it could expose? For many founders, AI is already helping draft emails, contracts, policies and marketing content. It can speed up work, but it can also create risks that are easy to miss when you are moving quickly.

If your team enters confidential information into an AI tool, uses AI-generated content without checking it, or relies on AI to make decisions, the consequences can be serious. Your startup could expose customer data, lose control of valuable ideas, use incorrect information, or damage trust with customers and investors.

Using AI safely does not mean avoiding it altogether. It means putting simple checks in place, so your team knows what AI can be used for, what information must stay private, and when a person needs to review the final output.

5 Practical Tips for Using AI Safely at Work

1. Protect private information: Do not enter customer, employee or business information into AI tools unless you know where it goes and how it is used.
2. Check before you rely on it: Review AI-generated content carefully before using it in contracts, policies, customer communications or business decisions.
3. Ensure human judgement: Use AI as a starting point, not the final decision-maker, especially for legal, financial or employment matters.
4. Check output ownership: Make sure your startup can legally use, publish, sell or protect content created with AI.
5. Set clear team rules: Tell staff which AI tools they can use, what information is off-limits and who must approve important outputs.

AI at Work: The Legal Risks That Could Cost Your Business

To help safeguard your startup, LegalVision is hosting a free webinar, AI at Work: The Legal Risks That Could Cost Your Business.

Join LegalVision on Tuesday, 16 June, at 11 am NZST when Kathryn Wallance (Practice Leader) will discuss:

• Key legal considerations when using AI at work, including data protection and employment;
• The current rules and regulations around AI;
• Who is responsible when AI makes the wrong call;
• Who owns the content AI creates; and
• Practical tips for managing AI risks in your business.

Following the webinar, there will be a live Q&A. If you cannot make it, you can still register, and LegalVision will send you a copy of the recording. You are also eligible to receive a free legal consultation.

Register for free today.

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