Log and document each incident with root cause: Which action best satisfies both aims?

Document each incident with cause and remediation and report serious incidents to the authority without undue delay.

The question

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1. Quietly patch the model and defer any external reporting until an internal review determines whether the outputs truly qualify as serious incidents.

   Plausible but wrong: for systemic-risk GPAI, serious incidents must be reported without undue delay, so deferring notification is not defensible.
2. Publish a general transparency notice about model limitations, treating broad public disclosure as an adequate substitute for incident reporting.

   Plausible but wrong: a limitations notice is a transparency measure, not the structured incident documentation and authority reporting required.
3. Route all affected outputs to human reviewers going forward, treating the added oversight as enough to close the incident duties.

   Plausible but wrong: adding oversight is a valid mitigation but does not fulfill the duty to document and report the incidents that already occurred.
4. Log and document each incident with root cause and remediation, and report serious incidents to the relevant authority without undue delay. ✓

   Correct: documenting incidents with cause and remediation while reporting serious ones to the authority both meets obligations and preserves a defensible record.

How to remember it

Document each incident with cause and remediation and report serious incidents to the authority without undue delay.

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