Stop mechanism
The guardrail that lets an organization halt an AI system within minutes if it is causing harm, with a documented off-switch and a pre-assigned authority to use it. The test: can you catch a harmful output, escalate it to a named human, and stop the system, within minutes, without heroics. It separates a recoverable incident from a headline.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Business AI Transformation.
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 guardrail that lets an organization halt an AI system within minutes if it is causing harm, with a documented off-switch and a pre-assigned authority to use it. The test: can you catch a harmful output, escalate it to a named human, and stop the system, within minutes, without heroics. It separates a recoverable incident from a headline.
The technical feature required by Article 14(4)(e) that allows the human overseer to intervene in the system's operation or bring it to a halt in a safe state. The stop mechanism must be accessible, operable under real conditions, tested, and documented in the technical file.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Capstone Phase 2 - The Transformation Strategy · Capstone: Your Transformation Blueprint, Business AI Transformation
- Human Oversight by Design (Article 14) · High-Risk AI Requirements: The Technical File, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.