What audit trail is required for regulated ML?
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- (1) Training data source + version + snapshot.
- (2) Preprocessing code + config.
- (3) Model architecture + hyperparameters + seed.
- (4) Evaluation metrics on holdout + fairness slices.
- (5) Approval workflow (who signed off, when).
- (6) Deployment history (versions + dates).
- (7) Prediction logs with input, output, ground truth (when available).
- Regulations: SR 11-7 (US banking), Basel III (finance), EU AI Act (high-risk AI), GDPR (right to explanation).
- Store immutably 5-10 years.
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- Data version + preprocessing + model + eval + fairness + approval + deployment + prediction logs; SR 11-7 / Basel III / EU AI Act / GDPR; immutable 5-10 years
- Not needed
- Just logs
ML audit: full trace + fairness + approval + logs; regulatory.
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