Episode 158: Auditing AI

How do you audit machine learning models, and where do you start on your AI governance journey?

In this episode, Robby is joined by Gaute Brynildsen, Chief Audit Executive at Gjensidige, one of the leading Nordic insurance groups. Gjensidige has built a mature and tested approach to AI governance, and Gaute shares what they’ve learned along the way.

Gaute explains how they went about auditing their in-house machine learning model trained solely on their own data, before expanding into broader governance across security, policies, roles, training, and risk.

He also covers where he recommends starting when building AI governance, highlighting the risks of shadow AI and how to monitor it, the importance of cloud competence and the value of an AI risk officer role.

They also discuss the level of automation among organisations in the Nordics, as well as agentic agents, and whether these are overhyped or the next real shift.