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The government’s new Trustworthy and Responsible AI Resource Center is expanding IT leaders’ understanding of artificial intelligence and its risks, says Reva Schwartz, research scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Techniques for mitigating AI risk remain a small segment of the entire technology market, which is why the AIRC houses NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework and supporting documents authored by the agency and others — as long as they’re in scope.
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UZP opublikował niedawno na swojej stronie internetowej zestawy przykładowych klauzul waloryzacyjnych. Opracowały je organizacje działające w branży IT. Dokument ten ma pomóc przede wszystkim zamawiającym, którzy są zobligowani do wprowadzenia takich postanowień do umów o zamówienie publiczne. 13 lipca 2023 r. na stronie internetowej Urzędu Zamówień Publicznych opublikowano dokument „Praktyki branży IT dotyczące przygotowania klauzul waloryzacyjnych na podstawie art. 439 Pzp dla zamówień IT”.
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