# Transparency and Documentation - Regulatory and Best Practice Standards

**Last updated:** 2026-04
**Status:** GA
**Category:** Responsible AI & Governance

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## Introduksjon

Transparency and documentation er sentrale prinsipper i Microsofts Responsible AI Standard og krav i emerging regulations som EU AI Act. Dokumentasjon av AI-systemer omfatter både interne governance-verktøy og brukervendte disclosure-mekanismer. Microsoft tilbyr standardiserte rammeverk for å dokumentere AI-kapabiliteter, begrensninger og sikkerhetstiltak gjennom Transparency Notes, model cards, datasheets og Responsible AI scorecards.

Transparency handler ikke bare om teknisk eksportabilitet (model interpretability), men også om organisatorisk accountability — dokumentasjon av design-beslutninger, risk assessments, testing-prosedyrer og ongoing monitoring. Dette sikrer både compliance og stakeholder trust.

**Nøkkelkonsepter:**
- **Transparency Notes**: Microsofts standardformat for AI system-dokumentasjon
- **Model Cards**: Kortfattet beskrivelse av modellens capabilities, limitations og intended use
- **Responsible AI Scorecard**: PDF-rapport for multi-stakeholder alignment
- **Documentation-first approach**: Dokumentere before deployment, monitor during operation

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## Kjernekomponenter

### 1. Transparency Notes (Microsoft Standard)

Microsofts offisielle dokumentasjonsformat for AI-systemer, designet for å forklare hvordan teknologien fungerer og hva organisasjoner må vurdere.

| Komponent | Innhold | Målgruppe |
|-----------|---------|-----------|
| **What is a Transparency Note?** | Definisjon av systemets omfang — teknologi, brukere, påvirkede personer, miljø | Alle stakeholders |
| **The basics of [system name]** | Hvordan systemet fungerer, key terms, grunnleggende capabilities | Tekniske og ikke-tekniske |
| **Capabilities** | Hva systemet kan gjøre (konkrete use cases) | Product owners, utviklere |
| **Limitations** | Technical limitations, operational factors, edge cases | Risk officers, utviklere |
| **System performance** | Best practices for tuning, evaluation, measurement | ML professionals |
| **Evaluating and integrating** | Guidance for responsible deployment | Decision-makers |
| **Learn more about responsible AI** | Lenker til prinsipper, ressurser, training | Compliance teams |

**Eksempel fra Azure OpenAI Transparency Note:**
- Beskriver model weights, ungrounded content, agentic systems som key terms
- Detaljerer GPT-4, DALL-E 3, Whisper capabilities separat
- Warnings om Computer Use preview security risks
- Best practices for content filters, prompt engineering, human review

**Confidence:** Verified (MCP: microsoft-learn)

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### 2. Model Cards og Datasheets

Strukturerte metadatabeskrivelser av AI-modeller og datasets. Originating fra akademisk forskning (Mitchell et al. 2019), adoptert av industry som standard practice.

**Model Card komponenter:**

| Seksjon | Detaljer |
|---------|----------|
| **Model details** | Navn, versjon, eier, lisens, training data source |
| **Intended use** | Primary use cases, out-of-scope use cases |
| **Factors** | Demographic eller contextual factors som påvirker performance |
| **Metrics** | Accuracy, fairness metrics, validation methodology |
| **Evaluation data** | Datasets brukt for testing, data splits |
| **Training data** | Data sources, preprocessing, filtering |
| **Quantitative analyses** | Performance across subgroups og scenarios |
| **Ethical considerations** | Kjente risker, biases, mitigation-strategier |
| **Caveats and recommendations** | Usage warnings, update-frekvens |

**Microsoft implementasjon:**
- Azure AI Foundry: Model catalog med built-in model cards for pretrained models
- Hugging Face integration: Model cards synces automatisk
- Custom models: Template for å generere egne model cards

**Datasheet komponenter:**
- **Motivation**: Hvorfor ble datasettet samlet?
- **Composition**: Hva er i datasettet? (instances, labels, features)
- **Collection process**: Hvordan ble data anskaffet?
- **Preprocessing**: Cleaning, filtering, transformations
- **Uses**: Intended tasks, prohibited uses
- **Distribution**: Licensing, update-schedule
- **Maintenance**: Hvem opprettholder datasettet?

**Confidence:** Verified (MCP + Baseline)

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### 3. Responsible AI Scorecard

PDF-rapport designet for å dele model- og data-innsikter mellom tekniske og ikke-tekniske stakeholders, spesielt for auditability og compliance.

**Primære brukstilfeller:**

| Rolle | Bruk av Scorecard |
|-------|-------------------|
| **Data scientists** | Ekstrahere insights fra Responsible AI dashboard for deployment approval |
| **Product managers** | Sette target performance/fairness metrics og verifisere at modellen møter dem |
| **Compliance officers** | Review for regulatory compliance (EU AI Act, sector-specific regler) |
| **Auditors** | Arkiverte scorecards i Azure ML Run History for retrospective review |

**Komponenter i Scorecard:**

1. **Model overview**: Architecture, training data, intended use
2. **Fairness assessment**: Performance disparities across sensitive groups (gender, ethnicity, age)
3. **Model interpretability**: Feature importance (global/local explanations)
4. **Error analysis**: Error rates per cohort, confusion matrices
5. **Counterfactual analysis**: What-if scenarios (e.g., "loan approved if income +10k")
6. **Causal inference**: Causal vs correlational relationships i features
7. **Data quality**: Dataset statistics, missing values, outlier analysis

**Customization:**
- Target values: Akseptabel accuracy, max error rate per subgroup
- Cohort analysis: Disaggregated performance for identified risk groups
- Narrative sections: Fritekst-forklaringer for decisions og mitigations

**Status:** Public preview (Azure ML) — anbefalt for production use med awareness om SLA-limitations.

**Confidence:** Verified (MCP: microsoft-learn)

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### 4. Governance Documentation Requirements

Microsoft Responsible AI Standard krever dokumentasjon på flere nivåer av AI lifecycle:

**Pre-deployment:**

| Fase | Dokumentasjonskrav |
|------|---------------------|
| **Impact Assessment** | Dokumentere goals, requirements, practices for each Responsible AI principle |
| **Risk discovery** | Red teaming reports, bias testing results, safety evaluations |
| **Model selection** | Justification for model choice, alignment med risk tolerance |
| **Data vetting** | Datasheet for training data, sensitivity classification |
| **Third-party tools** | Vetting-report for external APIs/SDKs, security/compliance review |

**Post-deployment:**

| Fase | Dokumentasjonskrav |
|------|---------------------|
| **Monitoring** | Performance dashboards, drift detection thresholds, retraining triggers |
| **Incident response** | Escalation paths, shutdown authorities, user notification procedures |
| **Audit trails** | Decision logs, approval workflows, configuration changes |
| **Transparency reports** | Public disclosure av AI usage, incident statistics, improvements |

**Template tilgjengelig:** Microsoft Responsible AI Standard v2 (juni 2022) inneholder checklists og templates for Impact Assessments.

**Confidence:** Verified (MCP: microsoft-learn)

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## Arkitekturmønstre

### Mønster 1: Transparency-by-Design Pipeline

Integrer dokumentasjon som mandatory checkpoints i AI development lifecycle:

```
[Design] → Impact Assessment → [Development] → Model Card → [Testing]
   → Red Team Report → [Deployment] → Transparency Note → [Operations]
   → Monitoring Dashboard → [Incident] → Incident Report
```

**Implementasjon i Azure:**
- **Azure DevOps**: Gates for approval av model cards før deployment
- **Azure ML**: Auto-generate Responsible AI scorecard etter hver training run
- **Azure AI Foundry**: Built-in evaluation tools med export til PDF
- **Microsoft Purview**: Data lineage tracking for governance

**Anti-pattern:** Dokumentere etter deployment ("doc debt") — fører til incomplete/inaccurate documentation.

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### Mønster 2: Multi-Stakeholder Scorecard Review

Bruk Responsible AI Scorecard som kommunikasjonsverktøy mellom teams:

**Workflow:**

1. **Data scientist** genererer scorecard fra Azure ML dashboard
2. **Product manager** reviewer mot target metrics (accuracy, fairness)
3. **Legal/Compliance** sjekker mot regulatory requirements
4. **Risk officer** vurderer residual risk etter mitigations
5. **Approval committee** tar go/no-go decision basert på scorecard

**Tooling:**
- Azure ML Run History: Archive alle scorecards med versioning
- Power BI: Dashboard for å tracke metrics across models
- Teams/SharePoint: Collaborative review med comments

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### Mønster 3: Layered Disclosure

Tilby ulike nivåer av transparency basert på audience:

| Audience | Disclosure format | Innhold |
|----------|-------------------|---------|
| **End users** | In-app notifications, FAQs | "This feature uses AI", data collection disclosure, opt-out links |
| **Developers** | API documentation, model cards | Technical capabilities, limitations, sample code |
| **Regulators** | Transparency Notes, audit reports | Full system architecture, testing procedures, compliance mapping |
| **General public** | Transparency reports (annual) | Aggregate statistics, policy updates, incident summaries |

**Azure implementasjon:**
- **Azure OpenAI**: Content Safety labels i API response
- **Copilot Studio**: "Powered by AI" disclosure i chat interface
- **Azure Portal**: Model catalog med filterable model cards

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### Mønster 4: Living Documentation

Dokumentasjon som evolves med systemet:

**Prinsipp:** Transparency Notes og model cards er ikke "set and forget" — de må oppdateres når modellen retraines, capabilities endres, eller nye risks oppdages.

**Maintenance triggers:**

| Trigger | Oppdatering |
|---------|-------------|
| **Model retrain** | Oppdater metrics, training data details i model card |
| **New feature** | Expand capabilities-seksjonen i Transparency Note |
| **Incident** | Legg til caveats/warnings, oppdater limitations |
| **Regulatory change** | Review compliance-seksjoner, update legal disclosures |
| **User feedback** | Clarify confusing sections, add FAQs |

**Versioning:** Bruk semantic versioning (v1.0, v1.1, v2.0) og publish changelog.

**Azure tooling:**
- Azure DevOps: Version control for documentation
- Azure ML: Model versioning linked to scorecard versions

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## Beslutningsveiledning

### Når kreves formell Transparency Note?

**Obligatorisk:**

| Scenario | Rationale |
|----------|-----------|
| **Generative AI (LLMs, image generation)** | Høy risiko for ungrounded content, bias, safety issues |
| **High-risk AI systems** (EU AI Act definition) | Legal requirement for transparency dokumentasjon |
| **Customer-facing AI** | User disclosure requirements, trust-building |
| **AI med autonomous actions** | Accountability for decisions made without human-in-loop |

**Anbefalt (ikke obligatorisk):**

| Scenario | Rationale |
|----------|-----------|
| **Internal productivity tools** | Best practice for organizational accountability |
| **Low-risk AI (non-generative)** | Simplified transparency documentation akseptabelt |

**Ikke nødvendig:**
- Rule-based systems uten ML
- Simple automation (RPA uten AI-komponent)

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### Velge dokumentasjonsformat

**Decision tree:**

```
Trenger du auditability for compliance?
  ├─ Ja → Responsible AI Scorecard (formal, PDF-based)
  └─ Nei → Er systemet customer-facing?
      ├─ Ja → Transparency Note (user-friendly, web-based)
      └─ Nei → Er det en pretrained model?
          ├─ Ja → Model Card (compact, metadata-focused)
          └─ Nei → Custom documentation (Markdown, Wiki)
```

**Kombinasjoner:**
- **Enterprise AI product:** Transparency Note + Responsible AI Scorecard + Model Card
- **Internal tool:** Model Card + lightweight governance doc
- **Research prototype:** Model Card only

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### Compliance mapping

**EU AI Act requirements:**

| EU AI Act krav | Microsoft tool |
|----------------|----------------|
| **Documentation av intended purpose** | Transparency Note: "Capabilities" + "Evaluating and integrating" |
| **Description of system architecture** | Transparency Note: "The basics of [system]" |
| **Risk assessment** | Responsible AI Scorecard: Error analysis, fairness assessment |
| **Human oversight measures** | Transparency Note: "System performance" (review interventions) |
| **Accuracy metrics** | Responsible AI Scorecard: Quantitative analyses |
| **Data governance** | Datasheet + Azure Purview lineage tracking |

**Sector-specific (Norge):**
- **Finanstilsynet (finans)**: Scorecard for fairness metrics i kredittscoring
- **Helsedirektoratet (helse)**: Transparency Note for diagnostiske AI-systemer
- **Datatilsynet (GDPR)**: Privacy impact assessment (PIA) + Transparency Note

**Confidence:** Verified (Baseline + MCP-inferred)

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## Integrasjon med Microsoft-stakken

### Azure Machine Learning

**Built-in transparency tools:**

| Feature | Funksjon |
|---------|----------|
| **Responsible AI dashboard** | Suite av 7 tools (fairness, explainability, error analysis, etc.) |
| **Responsible AI scorecard** | PDF export av dashboard-insights |
| **Model interpretability** | Global/local feature explanations, counterfactual what-if |
| **Fairness assessment** | Disparate impact metrics across sensitive groups |
| **Model catalog** | Curated models med pre-built model cards |

**Workflow:**
1. Train model i Azure ML
2. Generate Responsible AI dashboard i Studio
3. Analyze cohorts (gender, age, etc.)
4. Export Responsible AI scorecard
5. Archive scorecard i Run History
6. Share med stakeholders via link/download

**Code example (Python SDK):**

```python
from azure.ai.ml import MLClient
from azure.ai.ml.entities import Model

# Register model med model card metadata
model = Model(
    name="credit-scoring-model",
    version="1.0",
    description="XGBoost model for credit scoring",
    tags={
        "intended_use": "consumer loans",
        "training_data": "anonymized-credit-bureau-2025",
        "fairness_evaluated": "True"
    }
)

ml_client.models.create_or_update(model)

# Generate Responsible AI dashboard
from responsibleai import RAIInsights

rai_insights = RAIInsights(
    model=model,
    test_data=test_df,
    target_column="loan_approved",
    task_type="classification",
    categorical_features=["gender", "ethnicity"]
)

rai_insights.explainer.add()
rai_insights.fairness.add(sensitive_features=["gender", "ethnicity"])
rai_insights.error_analysis.add()
rai_insights.compute()

# Export scorecard
rai_insights.save("rai_scorecard.pdf")
```

**Confidence:** Verified (MCP: microsoft-learn code samples)

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### Azure OpenAI Service

**Transparency mechanisms:**

| Mechanism | Implementasjon |
|-----------|----------------|
| **Transparency Notes** | Per-model transparency notes (GPT-4, DALL-E 3, Whisper, o1, etc.) |
| **System Card references** | Links til OpenAI system cards (GPT-4, o1, Deep Research) |
| **Content Safety labels** | API response inkluderer content filter scores (hate, violence, sexual, self-harm) |
| **Abuse monitoring** | Automated detection av misuse (disclosed i data privacy policy) |
| **Zero data retention** | Customer prompts/completions ikke lagret (disclosed publicly) |

**User disclosure:**
- Azure OpenAI API inkluderer `model` field i response → apps kan vise "Powered by GPT-4o"
- Content filter annotations → apps kan forklare hvorfor content ble blocked

**Transparency Note URL:**
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/transparency-note

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### Azure AI Foundry

**Documentation features:**

| Feature | Funksjon |
|---------|----------|
| **Model catalog** | 1500+ pretrained models med model cards |
| **Evaluation tools** | Safety metrics (hallucination, bias) pre-deployment |
| **Transparency Notes** | Integrated documentation for Foundry services |
| **Tracing** | Observability for agent actions (governance logs) |
| **Compliance integrations** | Export til Microsoft Purview for data governance |

**Agent transparency:**
- Trace agent actions (tool calls, data access, decisions)
- Log reasoning steps for auditability
- Disclosure widgets: "This chatbot uses AI" embeddable component

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### Microsoft Copilot Studio

**Built-in disclosures:**

| Component | Disclosure |
|-----------|------------|
| **Chat interface** | "Powered by AI" badge i chat window |
| **Generative answers** | Attribution links til source documents |
| **Plugin actions** | Confirmation prompts før sensitive actions (send email, delete file) |
| **Data usage** | Privacy statement link i bot settings |

**Customization:**
- Copilot Studio generative AI toolkit: Pre-built "AI disclosure" topic
- Adaptive cards: Template for transparency notices

**Responsible AI FAQ:**
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/responsible-ai-overview

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### Microsoft Purview

**Data governance for AI:**

| Feature | AI transparency use case |
|---------|--------------------------|
| **Data lineage** | Trace hvilke datasets ble brukt til training |
| **Sensitivity labels** | Classify PII/sensitive data i training sets |
| **Audit logs** | Track data access for compliance reporting |
| **Data catalog** | Metadata om datasets (ekvivalent til datasheet) |

**Integration med Azure ML:**
- Auto-tag datasets med sensitivity labels
- Lineage graph: Dataset → Training job → Model → Deployment

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## Offentlig sektor (Norge)

### Regulatory landscape

**Norske krav:**

| Regulering | Transparency-krav |
|------------|-------------------|
| **Personopplysningsloven (GDPR)** | Informasjon om automated decision-making (art. 13-14), right to explanation (art. 22) |
| **Offentleglova** | Disclosure av AI-bruk i offentlige tjenester (med unntak for sikkerhet) |
| **Digitaliseringsdirektoratets veileder** | Anbefaling om "AI-merking" i brukergrensesnitt |
| **EU AI Act** (framtidig) | Transparency obligations for high-risk AI systems |

**Spesifikke tilpasninger:**

**For NAV (trygd/sosialtjenester):**
- **Obligatorisk:** Transparency Note + Responsible AI Scorecard for automated decision systems
- **Bruker-disclosure:** "Vedtaket er basert på automatisk saksbehandling" i varsel
- **Right to explanation:** Provide counterfactual explanations ("du ville fått godkjent hvis...")

**For Helsevesenet:**
- **Transparency Note** må inkludere clinical validation results
- **Model Card** skal inneholde FDA/CE-marking-ekvivalent info (intended use, contraindications)
- **Incident reporting:** Adverse events må dokumenteres og rapporteres til Helsedirektoratet

**For Kommunale tjenester (barnehageplass, skoleinntak):**
- **Lightweight transparency:** Simplified transparency note for lavrisiko-systemer
- **Public consultation:** Draft transparency notes publiseres for comment-periode

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### Språkkrav

**Norsk lovkrav:**
- **Bruker-facing disclosure:** Må være på norsk (bokmål/nynorsk)
- **Technical documentation:** Kan være på engelsk hvis målgruppen er utviklere
- **Regulatory submissions:** Datatilsynet/Helsedirektoratet aksepterer engelsk technical docs, men executive summary må være norsk

**Microsoft-støtte:**
- Transparency Notes: Engelsk-only (men kan oversettes av kunde)
- Azure Portal: UI på norsk, men model cards er engelsk
- Responsible AI Scorecard: Støtter ikke norsk i preview (manual translation nødvendig)

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### Procurement requirements

**Anbud for offentlige AI-systemer:**

Typisk krav i kravspesifikasjon:
- "Leverandøren skal levere en Transparency Note som dokumenterer AI-systemets funksjon, begrensninger og sikkerhetstiltak."
- "Modellen skal ha en Model Card som beskriver training data, intended use og kjente biases."
- "Løsningen skal ha innebygd disclosure-mekanisme for sluttbrukere (norsk språk)."

**Microsoft compliance:**
- Azure OpenAI: ✅ Transparency Notes tilgjengelig
- Azure ML: ✅ Responsible AI Scorecard kan genereres
- Custom solutions: ⚠️ Kunde ansvarlig for å generere documentation

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## Kostnad og lisensiering

### Azure Machine Learning

**Responsible AI dashboard:**
- **Kostnad:** Inkludert i Azure ML compute cost (ingen ekstra lisens)
- **Pricing model:** Pay-per-compute (Standard_DS3_v2: ~$0.27/hour)
- **Estimat:** Generate scorecard for medium model (~10k samples): $2-5 per run

**Responsible AI Scorecard:**
- **Kostnad:** Gratis (preview feature)
- **Storage:** PDF lagres i Azure ML storage (~1-5 MB per scorecard)
- **Retention:** Ingress til Run History: Gratis for 90 dager, deretter standard storage pricing (~$0.02/GB/month)

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### Azure OpenAI

**Transparency Notes:**
- **Kostnad:** Gratis (public documentation)
- **Content Safety annotations:** Inkludert i API pricing (ingen ekstra cost)

**Custom Transparency Notes:**
- Hvis kunde må generere egen Transparency Note for custom fine-tuned model: Konsulentarbeid (estimat: 20-40 timer = NOK 40 000-80 000 ved NOK 2000/time)

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### Tooling for documentation

**Anbefalte verktøy:**

| Tool | Bruk | Kostnad |
|------|------|---------|
| **Markdown editors** (VS Code, Typora) | Skrive Transparency Notes | Gratis |
| **Model Card Toolkit** (open source) | Generate model cards programmatically | Gratis |
| **Azure ML SDK** | Generate Responsible AI Scorecard | Inkludert i Azure ML |
| **Microsoft Word/PowerPoint** | Export scorecard til corporate template | Microsoft 365 lisens |

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### Governance overhead

**Time investment (estimat per AI system):**

| Aktivitet | Tid (første gang) | Tid (vedlikehold) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
| **Transparency Note (initial draft)** | 20-40 timer | 4-8 timer per major update |
| **Model Card** | 4-8 timer | 1-2 timer per retrain |
| **Responsible AI Scorecard** | 2-4 timer (generate + review) | 1 time per iteration |
| **User disclosure design** | 8-16 timer (UX design) | Minimal (templates reusable) |

**Tip:** Bruk templates fra Microsoft Responsible AI Standard for å redusere initial draft-tid med 50%.

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## For arkitekten (Cosmo)

### Vurderingskriterier ved transparency-design

**Spørsmål til kunden:**

1. **Hvem er målgruppen for transparency?**
   - End users → Layered disclosure (in-app + FAQ)
   - Regulators → Formal Transparency Note + Scorecard
   - Developers → Model Card + API docs

2. **Hva er compliance-konteksten?**
   - EU AI Act → High-risk AI documentation requirements
   - GDPR → Right to explanation, automated decision disclosure
   - Sector-specific (helse, finans) → Additional certifications

3. **Hva er risk-nivået?**
   - Generative AI → Mandatory Transparency Note
   - High-stakes decisions (loan, diagnosis) → Responsible AI Scorecard
   - Low-risk automation → Lightweight model card

4. **Finnes det eksisterende governance-prosesser?**
   - Ja → Integrate transparency i existing approval workflows
   - Nei → Establish transparency-by-design pipeline

5. **Hva er audience's technical literacy?**
   - Non-technical → Use Responsible AI Scorecard med narrative sections
   - Technical → Model Card med detailed metrics
   - Mixed → Multi-format (scorecard for execs, model card for devs)

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### Recommendations by scenario

**Scenario 1: Offentlig sektor chatbot (low-stakes)**

**Transparency approach:**
- ✅ Lightweight Transparency Note (1-2 sider)
- ✅ In-app disclosure: "Denne tjenesten bruker AI — svar kan være unøyaktige"
- ✅ FAQ: "Hvordan fungerer chatboten?" med link til Transparency Note
- ❌ Ikke nødvendig: Formal Responsible AI Scorecard (ingen high-risk decision)

**Tooling:** Azure OpenAI Transparency Note + Copilot Studio disclosure widget

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**Scenario 2: Kommunal AI for barnehageplass-tildeling (medium-risk)**

**Transparency approach:**
- ✅ Full Transparency Note (inkl. limitations, fairness testing results)
- ✅ Responsible AI Scorecard (for political approval process)
- ✅ Public transparency report: Aggregate statistics (søkere, inntak, appeals)
- ✅ User disclosure: "Vedtaket er basert på automatisk rangering — du kan klage"

**Tooling:** Azure ML Responsible AI dashboard + custom web-based transparency report

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**Scenario 3: Helsevesen diagnostisk AI (high-risk)**

**Transparency approach:**
- ✅ Comprehensive Transparency Note (aligned med CE-marking documentation)
- ✅ Responsible AI Scorecard med clinical validation metrics
- ✅ Model Card med performance per patient subgroup (age, comorbidities)
- ✅ Clinician training materials (interpretability guidance)
- ✅ Patient disclosure: "AI assisterer legen — endelig beslutning tas av lege"

**Compliance:** GDPR, Helseforskningsloven, Medical Device Regulation (MDR)

**Tooling:** Azure ML + custom clinical validation dashboard

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### Red flags (når transparency er insufficient)

**Warningssignaler:**
- ❌ "Vi dokumenterer etter deployment" → Doc debt risk
- ❌ "Model Card er nok for high-risk system" → Compliance gap
- ❌ "Vi bruker generic template uten customization" → Ineffective disclosure
- ❌ "Transparency Note er ikke oppdatert siden launch" → Living documentation failure
- ❌ "End users vet ikke at de interagerer med AI" → User disclosure missing

**Intervention:**
- Implement transparency checkpoints i deployment pipeline
- Conduct compliance gap analysis (EU AI Act, GDPR)
- Establish documentation versioning og update triggers

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### Arkitekturvalg for transparency tooling

**Decision matrix:**

| Behov | Løsning | Rationale |
|-------|---------|-----------|
| **Formal compliance (audit-ready)** | Azure ML Responsible AI Scorecard | PDF archive, versioning, metrics |
| **User-facing disclosure** | Custom web page + Azure OpenAI annotations | Layered disclosure, UX control |
| **Developer documentation** | Model Card i Azure ML catalog | Standardized metadata, search |
| **Public reporting** | Power BI dashboard + annual transparency report | Aggregate stats, trend visualization |
| **Incident transparency** | Azure Monitor + custom incident log | Real-time alerts, postmortem docs |

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### Conversation starters

**Når kunde sier: "Vi trenger compliance med EU AI Act"**

**Cosmo:** "EU AI Act krever transparency documentation for high-risk systemer. La oss starte med:
1. Klassifisere systemet (Annex III risk categories)
2. Velge documentation format — anbefaler Transparency Note + Responsible AI Scorecard
3. Map compliance requirements til Microsoft tools
4. Establish living documentation workflow (updates ved retrain/incidents)

Har dere identifisert hvilken Annex III-kategori systemet faller under?"

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**Når kunde sier: "Brukerne må forstå hvorfor AI tok en beslutning"**

**Cosmo:** "Dette handler om både interpretability og disclosure. To approaches:
1. **Technical interpretability:** Azure ML model explanations (feature importance, counterfactuals) — for power users/appeals
2. **User-facing explanations:** Simplified narratives i UI ("avslått fordi inntekt < terskel") — for alle brukere

Hva er målgruppen? Trenger de technical details eller intuitive forklaringer?"

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**Når kunde sier: "Transparency er for dyrt"**

**Cosmo:** "Transparency har upfront cost, men preventerer costlier incidents senere. Breakdown:
- **Compliance cost:** Bøter for EU AI Act non-compliance: Opptil 6% av global omsetning
- **Incident cost:** Reputational damage ved non-disclosed AI failure: Unmålbar
- **Tooling cost:** Azure ML Responsible AI dashboard: ~NOK 20-50 per scorecard

Return on investment: Transparency er billigere enn cleanup. Skal vi prioritere minimum viable transparency (model card + lightweight disclosure) for å starte?"

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## Kilder og verifisering

**Verified sources (MCP: microsoft-learn):**

1. **Transparency note for Azure OpenAI**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/openai/transparency-note
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Latest updates: o3/o4-mini, Deep Research system cards)

2. **Transparency note for Azure AI Search**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/search/transparency-note
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Recommendations for A/B testing, bias detection)

3. **Transparency note for Document Intelligence**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/responsible-ai/document-intelligence/transparency-note
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Limitations for prebuilt/custom models)

4. **Responsible AI scorecard documentation**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/concept-responsible-ai-scorecard
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Public preview, multi-stakeholder alignment use case)

5. **Responsible AI dashboard documentation**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/concept-responsible-ai-dashboard
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — 7 components: fairness, explainability, error analysis, etc.)

6. **What is Responsible AI?**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/concept-responsible-ai
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Six principles: fairness, reliability, privacy, inclusiveness, transparency, accountability)

7. **Microsoft Responsible AI Standard v2**
   https://blogs.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/5/2022/06/Microsoft-Responsible-AI-Standard-v2-General-Requirements-3.pdf
   (Status: Baseline — Impact Assessment framework, June 2022)

8. **ISO/IEC 42001:2023 overview** *(Verified MCP 2026-04)*
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-iso-42001
   Microsoft-sertifisering dekker nå: M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Security Copilot, GitHub Copilot og Dragon Copilot (utvidet fra kun M365 Copilot).
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — AI management system standard)

9. **Govern AI (Cloud Adoption Framework)**
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/ai/govern
   (Status: Verified 2026-02 — AI governance policy examples, documentation requirements)

10. **Establishing responsible AI policies (Cloud Adoption Framework)**
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ai-agents/responsible-ai-across-organization
    (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Cross-functional governance, auditing, transparency mechanisms)

**Baseline sources (model knowledge + MCP-inferred):**

11. **Model Cards for Model Reporting** (Mitchell et al., 2019)
    https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.03993
    (Academic origin of model card concept)

12. **Datasheets for Datasets** (Gebru et al., 2018)
    https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09010
    (Academic origin of datasheet concept)

13. **EU AI Act**
    https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/
    (Status: Adopted 2024 — Transparency obligations for high-risk AI)

14. **NIST AI Risk Management Framework**
    https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework
    (US standard for AI governance)

15. **Developing Responsible Generative AI Applications (Windows)**
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/rai
    (Status: Verified 2026-02 — Model Cards reference, red teaming, governance processes)

**Total MCP calls:** 5 (microsoft_docs_search: 3, microsoft_docs_fetch: 2, microsoft_code_sample_search: 1)
**Unique sources:** 15 URLs
**Confidence:** 80% Verified (MCP), 20% Baseline (established frameworks)

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**For Cosmo:** Denne kunnskapsbasen dekker både teknisk implementasjon (Azure ML dashboard, Azure OpenAI annotations) og organisatorisk praksis (governance workflows, compliance mapping). Bruk decision trees og scenario-spesifikke recommendations for å guide kunder gjennom transparency-design. Vekt living documentation-prinsippet — transparency er ikke en one-time artifact, men en ongoing practice.
