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Model Card

Definition

A short standardized document that reports a model's intended use, performance across groups, and limitations — to encourage transparent, responsible release.

Mitchell et al. (2019) proposed model cards: concise documents that accompany a released model and report its intended uses, training data, evaluation across demographic or other relevant groups, and known limitations. The goal is to reduce misuse by making a model's strengths and blind spots explicit.

Model cards are now common practice for major model releases and are referenced in emerging AI governance frameworks.

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Model Cards for Model Reporting
Mitchell, M., Wu, S., Zaldivar, A., Barnes, P., Vasserman, L., Hutchinson, B., Spitzer, E., Raji, I. D., & Gebru, T. (2019). Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT* 2019).

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MultipleChat. "Model Card." MultipleChat AI & LLM Glossary, 2026. https://multiple.chat/ai-glossary/model-card

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