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The '''Responsible AI Charter''' is a public commitment offered by the [https://institutnr.org Institute for Sustainable IT], devoted to the use of artificial intelligence. It extends the [[Responsible IT Charter]] onto ground where decisions are taken quickly and their effects are hard to undo.

It is available in several languages at [https://charter.isit-europe.org charter.isit-europe.org].

== Why a separate charter ==

Adoption ran ahead of governance. Tools arrive through teams rather than through management, which produces [[Shadow AI]]: undeclared use that exposes internal data to third parties who may train their models on it.

A charter lets an organisation state a position before practice hardens.

== Its themes ==

; Usefulness
: check that reaching for a model answers a real need rather than an expectation of keeping up.
; Sobriety
: size the model to the task, and count cumulative use rather than training alone.
; Transparency
: tell people when a system takes part in a decision that concerns them.
; Human oversight
: place it before the action when the system acts on its own, not after.
; Social effects
: anticipate the consequences for jobs and skills instead of recording them afterwards.

== Relation to the AI Act ==

The [[AI Act]] sets legal obligations by risk level. The charter operates earlier and more broadly: it covers uses the regulation does not classify as high risk but which still raise questions of sobriety, dependency and acceptability.

== See also ==

* [[Responsible AI]] · [[Responsible IT Charter]] · [[AI Act]] · [[Shadow AI]] · [[AI governance]]

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