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Model Card

What is Model Card?

A documentation framework for machine learning models that provides details about a model's intended use, performance metrics, training data, limitations, and ethical considerations. Model cards promote transparency and responsible AI use.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as model card. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on model card

Requirements naming model card across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Transparency (Toumeisei 透明性) is the sixth of 10 Principles per Japan AI Guidelines for Business + reinforced by Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct (October 2023) which establishes voluntary transparency commitments for frontier AI developers.

JP-AIG-Transparency-Documentation-Model-Card-System-Card-Tier-Based-Disclosure-Hiroshima-Code-of-Conduct · Japan AI Guidelines Transparency + Documentation + Model Card + System Card + Datasheet + Tier-Based Disclosure + Hiroshima Code of Conduct + AI Generated Content + Watermarking + C2PA + User Notification
IEEE 70002 controls

Operations + Lifecycle cover IEEE 7000 in deployed system operation. Per public IEEE 7000-2021 abstract + Wikipedia + academic literature (full IEEE text NOT reproduced): monitoring in operation including: ethical KPIs continuous tracking + drift monitoring (c...

IEEE7000-Operations-Lifecycle-OngoingMonitoring-Incident-Decommissioning · IEEE 7000 - Operations + Lifecycle + Ongoing AI Risk Monitoring + Data Provenance + Retention + Privacy + Safe Deployment + Decommissioning + Disposal

The developer must make available, to the extent feasible, documentation through artifacts such as model cards, dataset cards or impact assessments necessary for the deployer (or its third party) to complete an impact assessment under 6-1-1703(3).

CO-AIA-1702-3 · Impact-Assessment Support Artifacts

Security Dimension 6 Data Integrity per X.805 Clause 6.6: Data Integrity ensures the correctness or accuracy of data. The data is protected against unauthorized modification + deletion + creation + replication and provides an indication of these unauthorized a...

X805-Dim6-Data-Integrity-Correctness-Accuracy-Unauthorized-Modification-Deletion-Detection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 6 - Data Integrity + Correctness + Accuracy + Unauthorized Modification Prevention + Deletion Detection + Hashing + HMAC + Digital Signatures + Merkle Trees + Blockchain Integrity + File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)

Adhere to OECD AI Principles Section 1.3 (Transparency and explainability). AI actors should commit to (a) transparency and responsible disclosure regarding AI systems to foster understanding of AI systems + make stakeholders aware of their interactions with A...

OECDAI-2 · Transparency, Explainability, and Public-Facing Disclosure

Operate LLM governance + inventory + risk + change management. Requirements include (a) maintain inventory of LLM systems + models + datasets + tools + agents + integrations + (b) maintain risk assessment + classification per LLM system aligned to applicable r...

OWASPLLM-7 · LLM Governance, Inventory, Risk and Change Management

Questions people ask about model card

What is Model Card?
A documentation framework for machine learning models that provides details about a model's intended use, performance metrics, training data, limitations, and ethical considerations. Model cards promote transparency and responsible AI use.
Why is Model Card important for compliance?
Model Card is a key concept in AI & Technology. Understanding model card helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Model Card?
Model Card appears in the requirement text of Japan AI Guidelines, IEEE 7000, Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (proposed SB 24-205), ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications, OECD AI Principles. Across these standards we have identified 10 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Model Card?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how model card applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.