Is Principle: explainable, transparent and fair legally binding?

Q: Is Principle: explainable, transparent and fair legally binding?

Principle: explainable, transparent and fair is guidance in Singapore. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. Guiding principle that organisations using AI in decision-making should ensure the decision-making process is explainable, transparent and fair to individuals.

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Principle: explainable, transparent and fair

Is this legally binding?

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

Guiding principle that organisations using AI in decision-making should ensure the decision-making process is explainable, transparent and fair to individuals.

From the source
“Decisions made by AI should be explainable, transparent and fair”
Summary of the Model AI Governance Framework (Compendium Vol 2), p.4

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What this connects to

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

Operationalises1

SectionGuiding principles of the Model FrameworkGuidance

Cited by2

ObligationApply risk-based measures: explainability, robustness, regular tuningGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Explainability measures operationalise the explainable/transparent principle
ObligationMake AI policies known to usersGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Disclosure of AI use operationalises transparency

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