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AI Vendor Due Diligence Checklist

A Practical Framework for Evaluating AI in Regulated Environments
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Before you sign with an AI vendor, make sure you can answer these questions. The right AI vendor won't just impress you in a demo — they'll earn your trust through structure, restraint, and proof.

2. Auditability & Explainability

  • Can every AI-assisted decision be fully reconstructed — with a trail of inputs, rules applied, and outputs?
  • Could you answer a regulator's question about a specific AI-assisted decision made two years ago?

3. Disclosure & Content Integrity

  • Does the system enforce approved disclosure language — or does AI generate, rewrite, or “improve” regulatory text? (Red flag if yes.)
  • Is every disclosure decision logged, defensible, and traceable to its source?

4. Signal Quality & Supervision

  • Does the system prioritize precision over volume — with measurable false positive reduction?
  • Does the platform extend into communications supervision and internet monitoring — or end at content approval?

5. Operational Impact

  • Does AI reduce manual workload without creating new model-tuning or validation obligations?
  • Are efficiency gains measurable, repeatable, and documented — not just claimed?

6. Data Privacy & Firm Data Controls

  • Is your firm's data fully segregated from model training — and can the vendor state which third-party model providers are involved?
  • Would you be comfortable explaining this data flow to a regulator?

7. Post-Approval Visibility

  • Does the platform connect compliance decisions to how content is actually distributed and used by advisors in the field?
  • Does real-world usage data flow back upstream — or does the system go dark after approval?

8. Compliance Accountability

  • Was this platform built by former CCOs and practitioners — or by AI researchers?
  • How long has this vendor operated under regulatory scrutiny? Years of defensible outcomes — or promises?

The Bottom Line

A strong AI compliance platform earns trust through restraint, structure, and proof. The strongest connect compliance to supervision, distribution, and field intelligence — so firms move faster because they are safer, not in spite of it.
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