This screening tool helps you ensure that the right levels of AI governance are applied to the right systems and use cases.
Why use this AI screening tool?
The Guidance for AI Adoption recommends that organisations establish a clear AI screening process to identify and flag AI use cases that:
- require higher levels of approval processes
- need additional governance attention
- pose unacceptable risk.
This screening tool is designed to help organisations determine what level of governance oversight each AI use case needs. It is a quick process that should be used before a comprehensive risk assessment, but not instead of one.
The tool asks 7 questions about an AI use case. Answering ‘yes’ to any question means you should pay careful attention to governance processes around this use case or system.
Taking potential AI systems or individual use cases through this tool may help you identify and avoid or problems in the future. You will be able to identify which AI systems or use cases pose unacceptable risks to your organisation before investing time in developing a business case or risk assessment.
For example, an AI system that automatically decides on customer complaints and handles refunds needs a different level of attention and approvals than a chatbot that processes a restaurant’s bookings. Identifying this prevents your governance processes from being overwhelmed by less important use cases and helps keep the focus on the use cases that matter most.
When stakeholders, auditors or leadership need to understand why certain AI systems received different levels of governance attention, this screening process will help you document your reasoning.
For more examples of potentially high‑risk use cases, you can refer to lists such as Article 6 of the EU AI Act or its Annex III.