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Model catalog can be restricted under HIPAA compliance mode

HIPAA-mode organizations can now gate access to the model catalog.

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3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
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What

Organizations running in HIPAA compliance mode can now gate access to the model catalog through a new allow_model_catalog policy, joining the other features listed in that restricted-features table.

Details
  • Whether the catalog is reachable depends on the organization's compliance settings; the build only adds the key.
Evidence

["hipaa", "allow_model_catalog"]

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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Names in the bundleallow_model_catalog

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