In this chapter

An overview of Chapter 3.

This chapter details 4 main factors, as identified by interviewees for this research, that relate to the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and influence confidence in these technologies: regulation and standards; evaluation and validation; guidelines; and liability.

These factors underpin aspects of the trustworthiness of AI technologies, and entail robust, reliable and established direction and oversight from central healthcare leadership and the main regulators of healthcare in the UK (as shown in Figure C). As described in this chapter, these efforts are currently in development and at different levels of progress.

Confidence in how AI is governed can enable clinicians to assess appropriate levels of confidence in AI-derived information during clinical decision making, as detailed in Chapter 5.