Accelerating auditing and compliance for generative AI on AWS (COP327)

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Generative AI vs. Traditional AI

• Predictive AI has finite, constrained inputs and outputs, while Generative AI produces unpredictable, novel outputs.
• Generative AI models are trained on broad, unstructured data, making it harder to ensure accuracy, precision, and audit evidence.

Regulatory Landscape

• The regulatory landscape for Generative AI is evolving, with guidance from NIST, ISO, the EU AI Act, and emerging US regulations.
• Regulations mean compliance, which requires audit and evidence collection.
• AWS has developed a Generative AI Best Practices framework to help guide customers.

Analyzing the Generative AI Application Journey

The presenters walk through the key domains of the AWS Generative AI Best Practices framework:

Accuracy

• Ensuring the accuracy of Generative AI outputs is critical for trust, reliability, and safety.
• Tools like Bedrock Model Evaluation can help test and monitor model accuracy.

Fairness

• Fairness considerations, such as bias and representation, must be evaluated in both training data and model outputs.
• Tools like Clarify can help detect and mitigate bias in Generative AI systems.

Privacy

• Protecting personal and sensitive information is essential, requiring techniques like differential privacy and consent management.
• Monitoring and escalation procedures are crucial for privacy incident response.

Resilience

• Generative AI systems must be resilient, with the ability to adapt and recover from incidents and failures.
• Features like Bedrock's regional failover and backup/rollback capabilities can help ensure resilience.

Responsible AI

• Responsible AI encompasses all the previous domains, as well as compliance with relevant regulations and frameworks.
• Tools like AWS Config Conformance Packs can help align Generative AI systems with compliance requirements.

Safety

• Generative AI systems must be designed to prevent harmful or dangerous outputs, using features like Bedrock Guardrails.
• Monitoring and auditing are crucial for ensuring the ongoing safety of Generative AI applications.

Security

• Security practices like encryption, access control, and monitoring are essential for Generative AI workloads.
• AWS services like Bedrock, CloudTrail, and Security Hub can help secure Generative AI infrastructure and data.

Sustainability

• Sustainability considerations, such as energy efficiency and model reuse, are important for the environmental impact of Generative AI.
• The AWS Customer Carbon Footprint tool can help track and manage the carbon footprint of Generative AI workloads.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the differences between traditional AI and Generative AI, and how they impact compliance and audit.
• Leverage automation and AWS tools to ensure accuracy, fairness, responsibility, and safety in Generative AI systems.
• Design your Generative AI infrastructure to prioritize privacy, resilience, security, and sustainability.
• Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with the evolving Generative AI regulatory landscape and best practices.