Artificial intelligence is now embedded in everyday work across most organisations, often without formal approval or oversight. Employees draft, summarise, and make decisions with AI tools, while legal and risk teams face new questions about contracts, liability, and exposure that traditional software governance was never designed to answer.

This shift matters because AI does not behave like conventional software. It is probabilistic rather than deterministic, increasingly autonomous, and, in Europe, is being treated as a product carrying obligations across its full lifecycle. As a result, the policies, contracts, and risk assessments developed for predictable SaaS tools no longer provide adequate coverage.

Here at WLC, we have brought together the insights from our AI Governance Webinar Series into a single White Paper, which may assist your organisation in understanding how AI is already being used in the workplace, how to assess and monitor the risks it presents, and how to approach the contractual and liability questions it raises.

This White Paper draws on three sessions and provides practical guidance on building visibility over AI use, scaling risk assessments, and negotiating AI-specific contractual protections, along with the panel’s key takeaways for organisations navigating an evolving regulatory landscape:

Governing AI in the Workplace: with Ra’ad Siraj (Trusted Data and AI Executive, Global Ecosystem Connector), Sarah Mathews (Responsible AI Manager, Adecco), and Roy Kamp (Director, UKG)

AI Risk Assessments in Practice: with Cristina Ulessi (Head of AI Governance, Bupa), Noemie Weinbaum (Senior Managing Counsel, UKG), and Dr Benjamin Laroche (Senior Legal Counsel, Airbus)

AI in Legal: Contracts, Liability, and Risk: with Peter Hense (Founder and Partner, Spirit Legal), Yelena Ambartsumian (Founder, Ambart Law), and Olivia Ward (Senior Associate, Burges Salmon)