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Claims register

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The record of every public statement about an AI system's accuracy, fairness, safety or capability: the exact wording, where it appears, and the eval run, measured value, interval and population behind it. Copy carrying a claim whose evidence is missing, stale or failing is not published; the FTC requires competent and reliable evidence for such claims when they are made 1.

Developed in
ch. 20, Claims substantiation and algorithmic disgorgement
ch. 05, Pattern: Claims Substantiation Gate
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 20, Existing Law
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

Claims register: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named05 Patterns008 Regulatory Map: 2 mentions08 Regulatory Map220 Existing Law: 4 mentions20 Existing Law4No mentions in the other 20 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Claims register: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 2 mentions2081011121314151617181920 Existing Law: 4 mentions420212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Claims register per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0Yes
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map2No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law4Yes
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
Claims register: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedClaims registerRelated terms (4)AI system · RelatedAI systemAI washing · RelatedAI washingAlgorithmic disgorgement · RelatedAlgorithmic disgorgementFairness · RelatedFairness
Claims register: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedRelated terms (4)AI system · RelatedAI systemAI washing · RelatedAI washingAlgorithmic disgorgement · RelatedAlgorithmic disgorgementFairness · RelatedFairnessClaims register
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Claims register
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsAI systemRelated
Related termsAI washingRelated
Related termsAlgorithmic disgorgementRelated
Related termsFairnessRelated
  • AI washing

    Overstating or inventing the use or capability of AI in marketing or investor communications.

  • Algorithmic disgorgement

    A remedy that orders deletion of models or algorithms developed with unlawfully obtained data, not only the data itself.

  • AI system

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

  • Fairness

    The property that a system's outcomes and errors do not unjustifiably disadvantage people or groups.

Sources

  1. [1] "FTC Order Requires Workado to Back Up Artificial Intelligence Detection Claims" (claimed 98% accuracy, 53% on general-purpose content; competent and reliable evidence required at the time a claim is made). Federal Trade Commission. 2025-04-28. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/04/ftc-order-requires-workado-back-artificial-intelligence-detection-claims (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026claimsregister,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Claims register}},
  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/claims-register}
}