Katori AI helps organizations create responsible AI policies, review AI tools, train teams, and build practical governance systems. These FAQs explain how AI governance works, why written AI rules matter, and how organizations can manage AI risk responsibly.

What is Katori AI?

Katori AI is an AI governance company that helps organizations create responsible AI policies, frameworks, training, vendor review processes, and documentation. Katori AI helps businesses and professional firms use AI more safely, clearly, and responsibly.

Katori AI is not a law firm and does not provide legal services, legal opinions, or attorney-client representation.

Why should privacy and AI governance be handled together?

Privacy and AI governance overlap because AI tools often process personal, confidential, customer, employee, client, financial, health, or business-sensitive information.

If an organization does not understand its data flows, it cannot responsibly evaluate AI risk. Strong AI governance usually requires strong data governance.

Who should hire Katori AI?

Katori AI is a good fit for law firms, professional service firms, small businesses, mid-sized organizations, leadership teams, compliance teams, and organizations that handle sensitive, confidential, client, customer, employee, or personal data.

Katori AI is especially helpful for organizations that already use AI but do not yet have written rules, approved tool lists, vendor review processes, training, or a documented governance program.

Does my organization need an AI policy?

Yes, if anyone in your organization uses AI for drafting, research, summarizing, document review, client communication, marketing, HR, operations, data analysis, or decision support.

An AI policy helps define what tools may be used, what information may not be entered into AI systems, when human review is required, who approves new AI tools, and how AI-related problems should be reported.

Without a policy, AI use becomes invisible. Invisible AI use is where the trouble starts.

Why do small businesses and solo professionals need AI governance?

Small businesses and solo professionals often assume AI governance is only for large companies. That is wrong. Small organizations may have more risk because AI use is often informal, undocumented, and unsupervised.

A small firm may not need a massive governance department. But it does need clear rules on AI tools, sensitive data, human review, vendor risks, and staff or contractor use.

What is an AI Governance Pilot?

An AI Governance Pilot is a practical starting package for organizations that want written AI rules without overbuilding. It typically includes a short-form AI use policy, data-handling rules, an approved/restricted/prohibited tool list, an AI tool approval checklist, human review rules, a 90-day action plan, and team training.

This package is designed to give organizations a usable foundation for responsible AI use.

Can Katori AI work with our attorney or outside counsel?

Yes. Katori AI can work alongside internal counsel, outside counsel, privacy counsel, employment counsel, cybersecurity counsel, or other professional advisors.

This can be helpful when governance documents need to be practical, operational, and legally informed, while legal conclusions remain with the client’s attorneys.

How much do Katori AI services cost?

Katori AI offers defined packages and custom scopes. Typical starting packages include QuickStart AI Risk Check, AI Governance Pilot, AI Guardrails Implementation Sprint, Unified Privacy & AI Governance Assessment, Responsible AI Program Build-Out, training, and monthly AI governance support.

Pricing depends on organization size, number of AI tools, data sensitivity, stakeholder interviews, urgency, deliverables, and whether the engagement includes policies, training, vendor reviews, assessments, or ongoing support.

Does Katori AI provide legal advice?

No. Katori AI does not provide legal advice, legal opinions, or attorney-client representation. Katori AI provides AI governance consulting, documentation, training, frameworks, risk assessment support, and responsible AI program design.

If legal advice is needed, the client should consult its own attorney.

What is an AI acceptable use policy?

An AI acceptable use policy is a written policy that tells employees, contractors, and team members how they may and may not use AI tools.

It usually covers approved uses, prohibited uses, restricted tools, data input rules, confidentiality expectations, human review requirements, and how to report AI-related concerns.

What are AI Rules of the Road?

AI Rules of the Road are short, plain-English rules that explain what people should and should not do when using AI.

They are useful for onboarding, training, quick reference, and reminding teams not to enter sensitive information into unapproved tools or rely on AI outputs without human review.

What is shadow AI?

Shadow AI means employees or contractors are using AI tools without formal approval, supervision, or documentation.

This is risky because leadership may not know what tools are being used, what data is being entered, whether outputs are being checked, or whether vendor terms create problems.

Why is AI vendor review important?

AI vendor review is important because AI tools may collect, store, process, retain, or use information in ways the organization does not fully understand.

A vendor review helps identify governance concerns involving data retention, model training, subprocessors, privacy terms, confidentiality, security, and permitted use.

Can Katori AI review tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Zoom AI, or Fireflies?

Yes. Katori AI can help organizations evaluate AI tools and AI-enabled platforms from a governance perspective.

This may include reviewing how the tool is being used, what data is entered, what vendor terms say, whether human review is required, and what internal rules should apply.

What are the biggest AI governance risks for organizations?

Common AI governance risks include confidential data exposure, privacy issues, inaccurate outputs, biased results, weak vendor terms, overreliance on AI, staff misuse, and lack of human review.

Most of these risks are manageable, but only if the organization has written rules, training, documentation, and a real process.

Can Katori AI help with AI incident response planning?

Yes. Katori AI can help organizations create AI incident response plans for misuse, inaccurate outputs, data exposure, vendor problems, workflow failures, and other AI-related issues.

An AI incident response plan helps define who reports the issue, who investigates it, who decides what happens next, and how the organization documents the response.