Norrsken VC - AI Governance Log template

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1	AI Governance Log
2	One template from Norrsken VC's Trust Infrastructure initiative - norrsken.vc
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4	A running record of significant AI-related decisions, incidents, and changes - the evidence trail that shows your AI governance is real, not just documented.
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6	Decision	A significant AI-related choice: switching a model, changing a data source, expanding to a new user group, adding or removing a human review step, deciding not to do something. Log the rationale, not just the outcome.
7	Incident / Near-miss	Something went wrong or nearly went wrong. What happened, who was affected (if anyone), what was done about it. A well-documented incident with a clear resolution is a governance green flag.
8	Update	A change to policy, strategy, data practices, monitoring, or governance structure. What changed and why. Keeps the document stack current.

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10	Date	Type	What happened / what was decided	Principle(s) affected	Logged by	Status	Notes / follow-up
11	2025-03-14	Decision	Example: Switched primary LLM provider from GPT-4 to Claude 3.5. Previous provider's terms did not permit use for commercial training. New provider terms reviewed and confirmed acceptable.	P2: Technical Integrity	CTO	Closed	Updated data processing agreement signed. Stored in /legal/AI/
12	2025-04-02	Incident	Example: Output generation failure during peak load - 340 users received blank responses over 22 minutes. Root cause: rate limit hit on API. Users notified via status page. No personal data involved.	P3: Output Reliability	Head of Product	Closed	Rate limit monitoring added to dashboard. Retry logic implemented in v2.4.1
13	2025-05-19	Update	Example: Added prohibited use cases section to Responsible AI Policy following investor DD request. Three use cases documented: hiring decisions, debt collection, content moderation for under-18s.	P5: Accountability Culture	CEO	Closed	Policy v1.2 published internally. Shared with legal counsel for review.
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