GOVGOV-006 — Audit and Assurance Gaps
AI Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Misaligned with Model Outputs
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
General-purpose AI models produce final outputs that contradict their own visible reasoning steps, rendering chain-of-thought transparency mechanisms unreliable. Regulators and boards cannot trust interpretability tools to audit AI decisions, undermining compliance with emerging EU AI Act standards.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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