Foundation Model
What is Foundation Model?
A large-scale AI model trained on broad data that can be adapted to a wide range of downstream tasks. Foundation models (such as large language models) are subject to specific transparency requirements under the EU AI Act.
Terms that appear alongside foundation model
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as foundation model. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 5 shared controls
- transparency 5 shared controls
- eu ai act 5 shared controls
- use case 4 shared controls
- governance 4 shared controls
- generative ai 3 shared controls
- compliance 3 shared controls
- critical infrastructure 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern foundation model
What the standards actually require on foundation model
Requirements naming foundation model across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.
Japan AI Guidelines for Business adopt a risk-based approach to AI system categorisation following Hiroshima AI Process principles + conceptually aligned with EU AI Act tiering though voluntary rather than mandatory.
JP-AIG-Risk-Based-AI-System-Categorisation-Tiered-Approach-EU-AI-Act-Aligned-Generative-Foundation-Models · Japan AI Guidelines Risk-Based AI System Categorisation + Tiered Approach + EU AI Act Aligned + Generative AI + Foundation Models + High-Risk + Limited-Risk + Minimal-Risk + AISI Capability-Based Thresholds →Apply the updated OECD definition of AI system per the OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence as amended 3 May 2024. The updated definition aligns with the EU AI Act and converging international consensus and defines an AI system as a machine-based sys...
OECDAI24-1 · Updated AI System Definition, Foundation Models, and Generative AI Scope →Apply MANAGE function including: content provenance implementation per NIST AI 600-1 MGT-1 (cryptographic watermarking + C2PA Content Credentials + media authentication) + human oversight integration per MGT-2 (human-in-the-loop + human-on-the-loop + human-out...
NISTAI600-5 · Manage - Content Provenance, Human Oversight, and Incident Response →Where AI or components are sourced from third-party developers or vendors, define responsibilities, due diligence and governance over the third-party AI and foundation models.
AIGE-OM-10 · Third-party and vendor AI governance →Questions people ask about foundation model
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