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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.

  • 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}
}