System card
A document describing a deployed AI system rather than a single model: the model or models plus the application layer of prompts, retrieval, filters, human oversight, and deployment context. It documents what the deployed system actually does, which is a narrower and different thing from what the underlying model can do.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 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.
A document describing a deployed AI system rather than a single model: the model or models plus the application layer of prompts, retrieval, filters, human oversight, and deployment context. It documents what the deployed system actually does, which is a narrower and different thing from what the underlying model can do.
A structured document published by an AI developer describing a specific model's intended use, known limitations, and evaluation results, one of the primary sources this topic's Section 3D and Section 3E rely on for traceable, checkable claims.
A document describing a deployed system built around one or more models, including guardrails, filters, human-oversight steps, and residual risks after mitigation. Where a model card describes the model, a system card describes the product a user actually touches. (see Topic 10.3)
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Model cards and system cards for your own systems, written so an outsider could act on them · Evidence Engineering, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Reading the primary source: a model card, a system card, and what they do not say · Staying Current: The Frontier Discipline, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Holding the Room with Engineers: The Technical Credibility Defense · Technical Credibility Deep Dive, 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.