Ai Change Desk

AI Change Desk | EP021: Model Routing Check

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GPT-5.5, Anthropic-Amazon compute expansion, the May 8 OpenAI remediation deadline, and NIST's critical-infrastructure AI RMF concept note all point to the same operator question: when model access changes during the week, do routing rules, fallback paths, patch ownership, and evidence controls still hold?

  • A stronger model is a routing change, not just a capability upgrade.
  • Tier variance and fallback behavior create immediate operator drift risk.
  • Compute concentration and provider dependence belong in workflow continuity planning.
  • Dated remediation deadlines need named owners and daily evidence, not passive awareness.
  • One weekly owner/evidence/due-date control map is more useful than another abstract AI policy memo.

    • Run one model-routing control check:

    • Name the primary model, fallback model, and escalation owner.
    • Re-test the top 10 prompts across primary and fallback paths.
    • Measure correction load, access variance, and failure rate by team.
    • Publish one dated remediation status block.
    • Create one standards-shaped owner/evidence/due-date control map for a critical workflow.
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      Ai Change DeskBy Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering