What Is Model Card?
Model Card is a short document accompanying a trained AI model that provides structured information about its performance, intended uses, limitations, and evaluation results across different demographic groups.
Model Card — a short document accompanying a trained AI model that provides structured information about its performance, intended uses, limitations, and evaluation results across different demographic groups.
Model cards were introduced by Google researchers (Mitchell et al., 2018) and have since become the most widely adopted AI transparency artefact. A model card typically covers: model details, intended use, training data, evaluation results (including disaggregated metrics by demographic group), ethical considerations, and caveats. The EU AI Act's technical documentation requirements for high-risk AI substantially overlap with what a model card covers. Many GPAI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) publish model cards or equivalent system cards.
Source: Mitchell et al. (2018), "Model Cards for Model Reporting"; EU AI Act, Annex IV
Plain-language explanation
Model cards were introduced by Google researchers (Mitchell et al., 2018) and have since become the most widely adopted AI transparency artefact. A model card typically covers: model details, intended use, training data, evaluation results (including disaggregated metrics by demographic group), ethical considerations, and caveats. The EU AI Act's technical documentation requirements for high-risk AI substantially overlap with what a model card covers. Many GPAI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) publish model cards or equivalent system cards.
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