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Interview question · AI Governance, Risk & Compliance

What is an assurance case for an AI system, and how would you build one that survives a sceptical reviewer?

A composite safety score asks the reader to trust you. An assurance case states specific claims, shows the argument and evidence for each, and lists what would make it false.

hardNewPreparation tags: Anthropic, Google DeepMind, MicrosoftUpdated Nov 2026

A composite safety score asks the reader to trust you. An assurance case states specific claims, shows the argument and evidence for each, and lists what would make it false.

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  2. 02 Explain the mechanism and choose a control.
  3. 03 Name a condition that would change your decision.

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A regulator asks why you believe your AI assistant, which reads customer documents and can email summaries, is safe and secure for its intended use.

  1. What is an assurance case?
  2. How would you phrase a claim?
  3. What supports the claim?
  4. What are defeaters?
  5. What if the model or tools change next month?
  6. How would you answer the regulator?

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