Use AI tools as helpful assistants while keeping your judgment, privacy, and important decisions in your hands.
- Start with one everyday task, such as organizing a list, explaining a device setting, or drafting a non-sensitive note. Ask the tool to use plain language and review every result.
- Do not paste passwords, verification codes, bank details, medical records, private client information, or confidential work documents into a public AI service.
- Check important facts using the original source. AI can sound confident while being incomplete or wrong, especially about health, money, law, security, or current events.
- Review account settings, sharing options, and subscription terms before connecting a service to email, files, calendars, or other accounts.
- Keep a human in charge. Use AI to assist your work, then decide what to send, publish, buy, or change yourself. Ask for help if a tool requests unusual access or makes you uncomfortable.
Official Resources: NIST AI Risk Management Framework