Is Principle 1: Transparency and Explainability legally binding?

Q: Is Principle 1: Transparency and Explainability legally binding?

Principle 1: Transparency and Explainability is guidance in Singapore. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. AI systems should be transparent and explainable so users and affected individuals can understand how AI-driven decisions are made, to the extent feasible and appropriate to risk.

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Principle 1: Transparency and Explainability

Is this legally binding?

Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.

AI systems should be transparent and explainable so users and affected individuals can understand how AI-driven decisions are made, to the extent feasible and appropriate to risk.

asean.orgASEAN Guide, Section B Guiding PrinciplesShow it on the map

What this connects to

2 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.

Maps across to2

External frameworkArticle 26: Obligations of deployersBindingGAGE analysis, not official
Transparency principle anticipates deployer transparency duties
External frameworkFunction: GOVERNGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Transparency norms are embedded through GOVERN policies

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