GOVGOV-006 — Audit and Assurance Gaps
AI Decision Opacity Blocks External Accountability in Public-Sector Systems
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI models in government ecosystems cannot reliably show external parties which data inputs drove a given decision. This opacity undermines regulatory scrutiny, legal challenge rights, and public trust in automated public-sector processes.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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