November 14, 2023
An Overview of NARA's Newest Guidance on Digitizing Permanent Federal Records
NARA is also the nation’s records manager. That is to say, NARA’s Office of the Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government leads records management throughout the federal government and assesses the effectiveness of federal records management policies and programs. Part of that work is to issue guidance to federal agencies on a wide variety of records management topics. One of NARA’s newest guidance products to federal agencies is regulations with digitization standards for permanent records.
November 7, 2023
Beyond AI: Advice and Takeaways from AIIM Solutions Showcase & Strategy Summit
In early October 2023, AIIM partnered with the AIIM Florida Chapter to host the AIIM Solutions Showcase & Strategy Summit in Tampa, Florida. This new event concept highlighted a local chapter and community while creating greater accessibility to AIIM's leadership and strategy. This terrific event was well attended and featured some great education. It emphasized the importance of knowledge sharing and relationship building in a community of practice.
November 3, 2023
Takeaways from the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
In the U.S., President Joe Biden’s administration issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, which “establishes new standards for AI security.” The Executive Order issued on October 30, 2023 directs several actions designed to “protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems.” Here are some of AIIM's key takeaways from the order.
October 31, 2023
The Critical Role of Content Architecture in Generative AI
What is Generative AI? Generative AI has caught fire in the industry – almost every tech vendor has a ChatGPT-like offering (or claims to have one). They are claiming to use the same technology – a large language model (LLM) (actually there are many Large Language Models both open source and proprietary fine-tuned for various industries and purposes) to access and organize content knowledge of the enterprise. As with previous new technologies, LLMs are getting hyped. But what is generative AI?
October 24, 2023
Artificial Governance Resources
AI Governance Resources Patricia C. Franks and Scott Cameron provided this list of helpful resources. Be sure to check out their AIIM blog post about paradata and documenting artificial intelligence (AI) processes.
October 17, 2023
Paradata: Documentation for Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Organizations employing AI remain accountable to their stakeholders (i.e., citizens, employees, shareholders, customers, and society) for any harm they may cause. Current research projects to make AI explainable (XAI) to human users address the technical challenges of developing human-comprehensible AI tools. But accountability within an organization requires a record of what was done by the technology and evidence that the organization has acted in a legally defensible manner.
September 27, 2023
The Information Management Industry's Stance on Generative AI
AIIM members have been using artificial intelligence to advance intelligent information management for the past two decades. From this experience, we have learned the importance of balancing innovation with risk mitigation. This document provides guidance on generative AI based on the intelligent information management industry's 80+ years of experience.
September 12, 2023
A New Records Strategy for the US Department of Defense
On May 22, 2023, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense signed out the department’s first-ever DoD Records Strategy. The strategy establishes the DoD's direction for well-managed records. It provides decision-makers with the context to act based on trustworthy information, historical consistency, and analytical rigor. We call that “decision advantage.”
August 15, 2023
Eliminate Bias for Ethical and Responsible Artificial Intelligence
"With great power comes great responsibility" is an adage that Stan Lee’s Spider-Man popularized in popular comics, films, and other media. In Information Management today, there is great power in systems that leverage Artificial Intelligence for quickly making decisions and processing massive volumes of information. As information managers, we have a responsibility to understand that these systems have a potential for bias and how to identify and mitigate risks associated with producing reliable and ethical systems.
August 10, 2023
When AI, Automation, and Content Intersect: Rumor vs. Reality
Learn about today’s data and information management trends and how organizations are using modern tools to improve business process efficiency while reducing risk and cost.
July 27, 2023
Information Management in the Age of AI
Learn a basic understanding of the various ways artificial intelligence (AI) is manifested in the business environment – whether it’s using generative AI as a tool or how AI is embedded in the platforms and technologies you’re currently using.