Put AI to work responsibly · Part 4 of 4 · 2 min read
Which legal questions does your AI use raise?
Map the people, data, decisions, and locations involved before assuming one AI rule covers the whole business.
Take the use case to counsel.
The useful legal question is what the system does with which data, for whom, and where. Prepare that description before asking whether “AI is allowed.” This is an issue-spotting guide, not legal advice or a complete legal inventory.
- Personal and confidential data. Identify the people whose information is processed, applicable privacy and security duties, and restrictions in client or employment agreements.
- Images and voices. Establish permission before using an identifiable person's likeness or voice commercially. Review Puerto Rico's right-of-image statute and its consent requirements and exceptions with counsel.
- Decisions about people. Describe whether AI influences hiring, benefits, credit, health, or other consequential decisions. Existing sector and discrimination rules may matter alongside AI-specific requirements.
- Recording and transcription. Document participants, locations, notice, consent, storage, and access. Do not assume a tool's invitation message settles the legal question.
- Public and regulated work. Flag government clients, health information, children, financial services, and other contexts that require specialized review.
- Jurisdictions. List where you operate and serve people. Ask counsel to identify applicable obligations and dates instead of copying a worldwide deadline table.
Bring the proposed workflow, a data-flow diagram, vendor terms, example outputs, and the human review step. Ask for a written decision on the intended use and the changes that would require another review.
Start with Puerto Rico coverage questions → Do not treat passing a website quiz or adopting a framework as legal clearance for an AI deployment.
Edited September 29, 2026. Research and source dates are retained; this edit is not a fresh review of every statistic or legal development.
