UC AI governance and transparency (web)

Citation

University of California Office of the President (UCOP). “AI Governance and Transparency.” Web page of the University of California Artificial Intelligence website, date not stated. https://ai.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance-transparency/index.html. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 UC AI governance and transparency.md (original: .html beside it). Read 2026-11-09.

Bottom line

The page gives the eight UC Responsible AI Principles, which the UC Presidential Working Group on AI developed.
It says existing laws and policies apply to AI: “if an action wasn’t permissible before AI, it isn’t permissible with AI.”
It links the UC AI Transparency Report, based on a systemwide survey of AI use at the University of California (UC).

Background

This is the main page of the AI Governance and Transparency section of the UC AI website. It has three parts: the principles, applicable laws and policies, and the UC AI Transparency Report. It links to the principles document, to a Legal Expertise Chart from UC Legal and to a 2021 Final Report.

The eight principles are:

Appropriateness;
Transparency;
Accuracy, Reliability, and Safety;
Fairness and Non-Discrimination;
Privacy and Security;
Human Values;
Shared Benefit and Prosperity;
Accountability.

Key claims

“The UC Presidential Working Group on AI developed the UC Responsible AI Principles to establish appropriate oversight and guardrails so UC may harness the full potential of AI’s transformative technology while appropriately addressing concerns about the potential risks, particularly bias and discrimination.” (UC Responsible AI Principles)
“Appropriateness: The potential benefits and risks of AI and the needs and priorities of those affected should be carefully evaluated to determine whether AI should be applied or prohibited.” (What are the principles?)
“Accountability: The University of California should be held accountable for its development and use of AI systems in service provision in line with the above principles.” (What are the principles?)
“Essentially, if an action wasn’t permissible before AI, it isn’t permissible with AI.” (Applicable Laws and Policies)
“The committee conducted a systemwide survey to update the Council on UC’s AI use trends since the 2021 Final Report and defined “high impact” AI uses affecting individuals, organizational units, or the University.” (UC AI Transparency Report)

Evidence and method

An institutional summary page. It restates the principles and describes the transparency work. The page links the underlying documents as PDF files, which this library has not read. The page gives no survey results.

Limits

The page does not give the adoption date of the principles or the findings of the Transparency Report. It does not say whether the principles bind campuses. It does not mention compute or CalCompute. It names an “AI Council’s Subcommittee on Transparency”; see the contradiction flag on UC AI Council subcommittees (web).

Source file: wiki/sources/UC AI governance and transparency (web).md, updated 2026-11-09.