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Model provenance

The documented, verifiable chain of custody for a dataset or model, including who created it, how, from what sources, and how its identity can be independently confirmed. Established through mechanisms like datasheets for datasets and platform organization-verification signals; the primary structural defense against poisoning attacks that rely on impersonating a trusted source. (see Topic 4.8)

Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Data Governance: The Data Chair.

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.

AI Data Governance: The Data Chair

The documented, verifiable chain of custody for a dataset or model, including who created it, how, from what sources, and how its identity can be independently confirmed. Established through mechanisms like datasheets for datasets and platform organization-verification signals; the primary structural defense against poisoning attacks that rely on impersonating a trusted source. (see Topic 4.8)

AI Governance: Applied Mastery

The origin and ownership of the model a product depends on, including whether the core model is the vendor's own or a third party's, which upstream providers and sub-processors are in the chain, and where the training data came from. Undisclosed provenance means depending on a supply chain you cannot see.

Where it is taught

The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.

Terms it appears with

Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.