Discovery
The active legwork of finding the AI systems an organization runs, using invoices, interviews, tool audits, vendor questions, and shadow-use surveys together. Discovery precedes every other governance activity, because risk classification, evaluation, logging, and incident response all operate only on systems that are known.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The active legwork of finding the AI systems an organization runs, using invoices, interviews, tool audits, vendor questions, and shadow-use surveys together. Discovery precedes every other governance activity, because risk classification, evaluation, logging, and incident response all operate only on systems that are known.
The formal process, within a PUC or other regulatory docket, of requesting and compelling disclosure of information from another party, most often the utility, to build the evidentiary record.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Meet your systems: mapping the AI your own organization already runs · Taking Command, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Energy and Utilities: PUC Dockets, FERC, NERC, and Grid Narratives · Sector Playbooks, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.