The Public Versus Private Question

Our recent article on the employer liability issues in using artificial intelligence (AI) tools—It’s The Wild West—brought a number of responses. One interesting comment was that the coverage failed to differentiate between “private versus public” AI tools. John Graham, chief executive officer at MITC, said, “There was no distinction in the article between public and private AI. Private AI is what is potentially really useful to your readers.”

This was a new distinction to me. “Public AI” (sometimes called "open AI") can be used by anyone with an internet connection. It’s built and shared with the . . .