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Tracing AI models more clearly

Our practical perspective: The name of an AI service and the model it uses are not necessarily the same information. Record both when trying a service for your own work documents.

Retrospective · Reference date: 2026-08-26

On 26 August, the CNIL presented an updated AI-model lineage tool, now also available in English.

Editorial perspective

Our practical perspective: The name of an AI service and the model it uses are not necessarily the same information. Record both when trying a service for your own work documents. A short note of provider, model and usage date is more useful later than merely remembering the logo.

Original source · CNIL

This retrospective was prepared on 6 October 2026. It describes the topic at that time; later developments are not fully covered.

# retrospective # 2026-08

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