EU AI Act Article 12 Record-Keeping: How Do You Actually Satisfy the Logging Duty?

Article 12 is met when a high-risk AI system automatically records events across its whole lifetime and each entry stays tamper-evident for the full retention period. It is a design duty, not paperwork, so the signing scheme matters as much as the logging.Originally published at https://mickai.co.uk/articles/eu-ai-act-article-12-record-keeping-how-do-you-satisfy-the-logging-duty. Mickai is a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System; the Open Audit Record signs every artificial intelligence action before it executes, post-quantum and offline-verifiable. 104 filed UK patent applications, Mickai LTD (Companies House 17166618).