Risk & governance
Audit trail
A durable record of inputs, evidence, decisions, actions and versions.
Definition
An AI audit trail records what the system received, retrieved, generated and changed, together with model and configuration identifiers.
Why it matters
It supports investigation, challenge, reproducibility and accountability for regulated decisions.
Related concepts
- Citation correctness
Whether a cited source genuinely supports the associated claim.
- Tool use
A model selecting and calling external functions or systems.
- Reproducibility
The ability to repeat an evaluation under documented conditions.