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AI Prototyping & Safety Checklist (Interactive Pilot Record)

An interactive, safety-first checklist to run, record, and sign off AI prototypes. Capture risk assessments, data protections, evaluation metrics, operational controls, stakeholder communication, and a one-page safety brief. Save records for review, audit, and reuse.

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AI Prototyping & Safety Checklist

Use this safety-first checklist to prototype AI quickly while protecting people, preserving trust, and keeping legal, ethical, and operational risks manageable. Answer each item, assign owners, and save the record. The one-page safety brief field helps you summarize the pilot for stakeholders. This checklist is for experiments and pilots — it does not replace formal governance, legal review, or production risk management.

Short descriptive name or codename.
Person or team responsible for the prototype.
Contact email for owner or primary contact.
Choose the phase that best describes this prototype.
Who will interact with the prototype and in what situations?
Select all that apply.
List datasets, access methods, and any third-party providers.
Status of consent, privacy, and contractual review.
Select mitigations that have been implemented.
Record required actions, deadlines, or owners.
1 = low risk, 5 = high risk
1.0 10.0
Describe how the prototype could fail and the impacts (safety, financial, reputational).
Select checks performed.
Select tests done to understand robustness.
Controls that keep humans in control.
Are you measuring fairness, accuracy, robustness, and business metrics?
List metrics, acceptable ranges, and who measures them.
What will be monitored, where logs are stored, retention, and alerts.
How will you stop or roll back the prototype if harms or failures occur? Include owners and runbooks.
Person/team accountable for live safety monitoring and rollback.
Who must be informed and who must sign off before moving to the next phase?
Describe what users will be told and how to opt out if applicable.
Write a concise summary for stakeholders (purpose, key risks, mitigations, metrics, decision recommendation).
Links to datasets, audits, legal memos, test reports, or sign-off forms.
Recommendation based on current assessment.
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