When Rules Go Live: Policy Cards and the New Language of AI Governance
When Rules Go Live: Policy Cards and the New Language of AI Governance In 2019, Model Cards made AI systems more transparent by documenting what they were trained to do. Then came Data Cards and System Cards, clarifying how datasets and end-to-end systems behave. But as AI moves from prediction to action—from chatbots to trading agents, surgical robots, and autonomous research assistants—documentation is no longer enough. We need artifacts that don’t just describe a system, but govern it. ...