Is Manage: an AI RMF core function legally binding?

Q: Is Manage: an AI RMF core function legally binding?

Manage: an AI RMF core function is guidance in the United States. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. Allocate resources to the risks you mapped and measured: treat, transfer, avoid or accept, and respond when something goes wrong.

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Manage: an AI RMF core function

Is this legally binding?

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

Allocate resources to the risks you mapped and measured: treat, transfer, avoid or accept, and respond when something goes wrong.

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