Vendor testing is sufficient without employer validation: Which assumption about the supplier evidence must
Supplier testing informs deployment but cannot replace employer-specific validation and oversight.
The question
A vendor develops an employment-screening model and supplies testing documentation. The employer changes the role being screened, makes the final hiring decisions, and operates in the EU; applicable EU AI Act obligations apply to the deployment. Which assumption about the supplier evidence must the employer reject?
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- The employer should validate performance against the changed role and process.This is the appropriate corrective action, not the assumption to reject. Employer-specific validation remains necessary.
- Vendor testing is sufficient without employer validation. ✓Supplier testing is relevant evidence, but it cannot by itself establish suitability for the employer's changed role, applicants, process, and oversight arrangements.
- The employer should document hiring-manager authority, oversight, and escalation arrangements.Documenting decision authority and escalation is a legitimate governance action, but it is not the supplier-evidence assumption identified in the question.
- The vendor remains accountable for its own development work.The vendor retains responsibility for its own development activities; rejecting supplier evidence does not erase that separate responsibility.
The trap
Ask whether supplier evidence covers the actual role, population, process, and oversight available in deployment. How to remember it
Supplier testing informs deployment but cannot replace employer-specific validation and oversight.
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