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Mississippi collaborators discussing practical responsible AI guidance
Practical resources, reviewed with people and consequences in mind
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Learn it.
Use it.
Govern it well.

Courses are only one part of using AI responsibly. Find practical templates, playbooks, prompts, tools, careers, and local guidance in one connected collection.

24curated resource collections
A shared standard for every resource
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Adapt it to context

Start with the evidence, then shape the work with the people who will use it.

02
Follow the sources

See what MAIC learned from primary materials and how they shaped the guidance.

03
Keep people responsible

Use AI to support work without handing over judgment, accountability, or the correction route.

Start with your goal

What do you need to do?

Choose the outcome that sounds closest. You can search and filter the full collection below.

Our shared foundation

Opportunity for all. Responsibility at every step.

The goal is not AI adoption for its own sake. These six commitments help people decide when AI fits, what safeguards it needs, and when a human or non-AI approach is better.

01

Human agency

People keep meaningful oversight and can question, correct, or reject an AI recommendation.

02

Fairness and inclusion

We look for unequal outcomes, missing perspectives, and barriers for underserved communities.

03

Privacy and data stewardship

Permission to collect information does not automatically make every AI reuse appropriate.

04

Accuracy and verification

The more serious the consequence, the stronger the evidence and review must be.

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Transparency and accountability

People should know when AI materially shapes an outcome and who is responsible for fixing errors.

06

Community benefit

AI should strengthen local capacity, access, knowledge, and participation—not efficiency alone.

Interactive self-check

Five checks before using AI.

Use this before an important AI-assisted task. An unchecked item means you may need more information or safeguards.

0/5checks complete
Pause and review

Work through the remaining checks before relying on AI for an important task.

This educational screening tool is not legal advice or a substitute for formal risk management.
Use scrutiny in proportion to consequence

Not every AI task carries the same risk.

Brainstorming a fictional idea is different from using AI in a decision about someone’s education, employment, funding, safety, or access to an opportunity. The more a result can affect a person, the stronger the review should be.

01 · Lower risk

Explore and learn

Examples: Brainstorming, fictional scenarios, practice questions, or public information.

Guidance: Explore freely while checking sources and protecting private information.

02 · Moderate risk

Review before relying

Examples: Public communications, lesson materials, organizational summaries, or customer-facing drafts.

Guidance: Require informed human review, verification, appropriate disclosure, and data safeguards.

03 · High risk

Formal review—or do not use

Examples: Student discipline, employment, essential services, health, financial eligibility, or sensitive records.

Guidance: Require specialist and institutional review, documented testing, monitoring, and meaningful human accountability. Some uses should not proceed.

Use these levels as a conversation starter. Confirm the rules and qualified review that apply to the people, organization, and decision involved.
Recommended starting points

These resources answer some of the most common questions from learners, educators, leaders, and organizations.

Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

K–12 Education AI Policy Template

Build local guidance for instruction, student safety, data stewardship, accessibility, procurement, and responsible use.

Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Higher Education AI Policy Template

Plan governance across teaching, research, administration, student services, privacy, security, and procurement.

Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Business AI Policy Template

Set expectations for workforce use, customer interactions, privacy, security, HR, procurement, and responsible adoption.

Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Nonprofit & Community AI Policy Template

Protect donor and client data while governing fundraising, grant work, programs, volunteers, accessibility, and incident response.

PlaybookGuide + classroom activity

Responsible AI for K–12

Use AI to support teaching and learning without weakening student thinking, educator judgment, privacy, or equitable access.

PlaybookGuide + faculty activity

Responsible AI for Higher Education

Connect academic integrity, research ethics, student rights, accessibility, procurement, and accountable institutional decisions.

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24resources shown
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Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

K–12 Education AI Policy Template

Build local guidance for instruction, student safety, data stewardship, accessibility, procurement, and responsible use.

  • Educators
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Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Higher Education AI Policy Template

Plan governance across teaching, research, administration, student services, privacy, security, and procurement.

  • Educators
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Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Business AI Policy Template

Set expectations for workforce use, customer interactions, privacy, security, HR, procurement, and responsible adoption.

  • Business
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Policy templatePolicy builder + checklists

Nonprofit & Community AI Policy Template

Protect donor and client data while governing fundraising, grant work, programs, volunteers, accessibility, and incident response.

  • Nonprofits
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PlaybookGuide + classroom activity

Responsible AI for K–12

Use AI to support teaching and learning without weakening student thinking, educator judgment, privacy, or equitable access.

  • Educators
  • Students
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PlaybookGuide + faculty activity

Responsible AI for Higher Education

Connect academic integrity, research ethics, student rights, accessibility, procurement, and accountable institutional decisions.

  • Educators
  • Students
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PlaybookGuide + verification activity

Responsible AI for Students

Use AI to strengthen learning and career skills—not replace the thinking and experience education is designed to build.

  • Students
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PlaybookGuide + 30-day pilot

Responsible AI for Small Business

Find a real business benefit while protecting customers, employees, proprietary information, and public trust.

  • Business
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PlaybookGuide + product red team

Responsible AI for Startups

Build responsibility into problem validation, data rights, product testing, user remedies, and launch decisions from the start.

  • Startups
  • Business
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PlaybookGuide + data stewardship audit

Responsible AI for Community Nonprofits

Advance the mission without compromising client dignity, community voice, donor trust, accessibility, or confidential information.

  • Nonprofits
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PlaybookGuide + scam practice

Everyday Responsible AI

A plain-language guide for families and community members to understand everyday AI, recognize risks, verify media, and ask for human help.

  • Everyone
  • Community
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PlaybookEvidence guide + source activity

AI, the Environment & Sustainability

Understand the electricity, water, materials, infrastructure, and uncertainty behind AI—and ask better questions about local impact.

  • Everyone
  • Students
  • Educators
  • Business
  • Startups
  • Nonprofits
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Playbook90-day community builder

Start a Local AI Collaborative

Bring local people together to listen, choose priorities, share responsibility, and build one useful first project.

  • Community
  • Educators
  • Students
  • Business
  • Nonprofits
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PlaybookEvent planner + follow-through

Host a Community AI Gathering

Plan an accessible gathering that makes AI understandable, connects it to local life, and gives every participant a next step.

  • Community
  • Educators
  • Students
  • Business
  • Nonprofits
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Prompt guideReady-to-adapt prompts + test lab

Prompts for Small-Business Work

Work through customer communication, marketing claims, operations, and planning without exposing business or customer information.

  • Business
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Prompt guideReady-to-adapt prompts + test lab

Prompts for K–12 Teaching

Start from a learning goal, protect student information, and keep educator judgment at the center of lesson and family communication tasks.

  • Educators
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Prompt guideReady-to-adapt prompts + test lab

Prompts for Higher Education

Support course design, student services, and research planning while preserving academic judgment, privacy, and disciplinary standards.

  • Educators
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Prompt guideReady-to-adapt prompts + test lab

Prompts for College Learning

Practice, plan, and improve your thinking without outsourcing the learning or accepting invented sources and answers.

  • Students
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Directory & guidanceDecision guide + test script

Choose an AI Tool

Compare tools against a real task, local requirements, privacy, accessibility, evidence, cost, and the ability to leave.

  • Everyone
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Directory & guidanceCareer explorer + next-step planner

Explore Careers & Durable Skills

Connect real occupations, changing tasks, Mississippi opportunity, human responsibility, and one low-cost way to test your interest.

  • Students
  • Workforce
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Directory & guidanceProgram decision guide

Find Mississippi Learning & Credentials

Compare degrees, certificates, community-college pathways, short credentials, cost, access, support, and fit.

  • Students
  • Workforce
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Directory & guidanceGuidance finder + clarity check

Understand Your Institution's AI Guidance

Find what applies, distinguish policy from advice, and identify the person who can answer local course, research, privacy, or accessibility questions.

  • Educators
  • Students
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Directory & guidancePlain-language guide + safety check

New to AI? Start Here

Understand what AI and generative AI do, recognize everyday examples, protect information, and make one responsible first decision.

  • Everyone
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Directory & guidanceSupport planner + referral guide

Find Training & Implementation Support

Turn a broad request for AI help into a clear learning, policy, pilot, or implementation brief—and find the right kind of support.

  • Everyone
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