{"id":38,"date":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitoolkit.test\/guideline\/notify-users-about-changes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T03:01:10","slug":"notify-users-about-changes","status":"publish","type":"guideline","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/guideline\/notify-users-about-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Notify users about&nbsp;changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"toolkit-heading-with-image-block\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guideline 18: Notify users about changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png\" alt=\"green header bar\" class=\"wp-image-8814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-768x7.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-1536x14.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/green-header-bar-1536x14-5-23-2048x19.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\" id=\"do\">Inform the user when the AI system adds or updates its capabilities.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When&nbsp;making major&nbsp;model&nbsp;updates, inform the user&nbsp;so they can recalibrate their expectations.&nbsp;See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/guideline\/make-clear-what-the-system-can-do\/\">Guideline 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/haxtoolkit\/guideline\/make-clear-how-well-the-system-can-do-what-it-can-do\/\">Guideline 2<\/a>: The user might need to form new expectations of what the system can do and how well it can do what it can do.&nbsp;For example, a fitness tracker that can detect steps while walking or running may initially not have worked well when walking up hills or stairs. Informing the user of the AI\u2019s improvement on this task can help them best leverage the system. Keep in mind that some model updates can result in performance degradation in some domains even if the overall performance improves. Use tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/BackwardCompatibilityML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Backward Compatibility<\/a> to check for new errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inform the user when the AI system adds or updates its capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":18,"template":"","meta":{"toolkit_pattern_number":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"application-type":[68,61,57,96,60,99,56,55,69,29,58,30,59],"goal":[],"guideline-term":[20],"product-category":[71,70,23,64,62,26,66,28,65,31,32,63],"class_list":["post-38","guideline","type-guideline","status-publish","hentry","application-type-classification","application-type-facial-recognition","application-type-filtering-and-ranking","application-type-gen-ai","application-type-image-recognition","application-type-llm","application-type-natural-language-processing-text","application-type-natural-language-processing-voice","application-type-prediction","application-type-recommendation","application-type-route-planning","application-type-search","application-type-text-generation","guideline-term-notify-users-about-changes","product-category-advertising","product-category-chatbot","product-category-e-commerce","product-category-email","product-category-health-and-wellness","product-category-navigation","product-category-media-entertainment","product-category-productivity","product-category-search-engine","product-category-social-networks","product-category-voice-assistants","product-category-writing-and-editing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Notify users about changes - Microsoft HAX Toolkit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Human-AI Interaction Guideline No. 18: Notify users about changes. 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