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A frozen gear inside a sealed case contrasted with identical gears in motion outside it, symbolizing static design controls against continuously changing AI models.

Design Controls Weren't Built for Models That Change

FDA is piloting exceptions rather than rewriting design controls for GenAI devices, leaving compliance leaders to build the continuous verification the rule doesn't require.

Abstract layered diagram of glowing data pathways converging smoothly on the surface while one branch diverges unseen beneath, symbolizing a hidden process failure in an AI device pipeline.

Design Controls Were Built for Outputs, Not Agentic Reasoning

FDA's total product life cycle framework for AI-enabled devices documents data lineage and output correctness, but not the intermediate process failures unique to agentic architectures.