Prior to establishing policies to govern employees’ use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools, legal experts advise HR departments to pose and answer several questions. The content-creating technology is gaining popularity day by day, and businesses in a variety of industries are both optimistic about its future and intrigued, if not fearful, about its potential impact.

Employers should evaluate the extent to which their current policies already address some of the “new” issues raised by AI. According to a recently published article by Paul Bergeron, employers should consider areas where they do not want AI to be used and then establish explicit guidelines.