Trigger
The specific, observable event that would move a watch item to "act" (for example, general availability with published terms, an enacted compliance date, a benchmark reproduced on your own task). A watch item without a trigger rots into anxiety or a graveyard.
Defined in 5 GAGE programs, which carry 5 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
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 immediate, often small event that begins a failure's causal chain, such as a specific keystroke sequence, a relocated obstacle, or a minute of blocked sensor data. The trigger is rarely the transferable lesson on its own; the missing or defeated safeguard that let the trigger matter usually is.
The specific, observable event that would move a watch item to "act" (for example, general availability with published terms, an enacted compliance date, a benchmark reproduced on your own task). A watch item without a trigger rots into anxiety or a graveyard.
The specific event or condition that causes a notification-matrix row to fire, such as a completed s26C assessment or the discovery of a relevant technology incident. Distinct from the underlying incident itself, which may occur earlier than the trigger.
A concrete, observable situation, stated in the escalation policy, that starts the escalation chain. A well designed trigger does not require the observing staff member to be certain something is wrong, only to notice a listed situation.
The specific input a backdoored model is secretly trained to react to, which fires the planted behavior while the model looks normal on everything else.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Data Poisoning and Model Security · AI Security Fundamentals, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- Pre-Drafted Notifications · Rollout, Monitoring, and Incident Response, Agentic AI Governance: Applied Mastery
- Separating signal from theater: which AI news changes your decisions and which is noise · Staying Current: The Frontier Discipline, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
- Your Escalation Policy, Adapted From What Banks Already Do · CSFDP: Facility Protocols and Incident Command, Senior AI Scam Defense
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.