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Questions to Ask Before Buying an AI Tool for Your Team

Data handling, accuracy, integration and exit terms: a buyer’s checklist for evaluating AI software.

By Priya Raman, Technology & Business Reporter

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Questions to Ask Before Buying an AI Tool for Your Team
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The market for AI software is crowded and fast-moving. A structured set of questions helps separate tools that will genuinely help your team from those that will become another unused subscription.

What happens to our data?

Ask where data is stored, whether it is used to train models and how it can be deleted.

How accurate is it on our work?

Test the tool on your own examples rather than relying on demos, and measure errors as well as successes.

How do we leave?

Check export options, contract length and what happens to your data if you cancel.

Key takeaways

  • What happens to our data?
  • How accurate is it on our work?
  • How do we leave?

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Priya RamanTechnology & Business Reporter

Priya reports on how AI, software and cybersecurity are changing the way companies operate and compete.

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