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AI governance engineering

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The application of engineering practice (systems thinking, product thinking and code) to the governance of AI systems; measured by realised risk reduction and audit-ready evidence.

Developed in
ch. 01, The definition
Chapters
ch. 01, Definition
Contrast with
Trustworthy AI
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

13 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • Realised risk reduction

    The measured drop in a named failure mode's rate or blast radius in production; one of the two tests of the discipline, against framework coverage.

  • AI governance engineer

    The person who holds the capability of AI governance engineering and is accountable for the three questions in production; a capability and a role, not…

  • Audit-ready evidence

    Evidence emitted as a by-product of the build in a form an auditor can read directly (machine-readable, signed, timestamped), so the audit is a query, not a…

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). AI governance engineering. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-governance-engineering. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026aigovernanceengineering,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{AI governance engineering}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-governance-engineering}
}