# System Card

Source: https://customlabs.io/glossary/system-card/
Updated: 2026-09-13

Security & governance

# System Card

A system card is a short document stating an AI system's purpose, limits, and owner.

It also states data sources, eval results, and lets procurement or legal skip a live meeting.

It stays useful only if updated at every substantial change to the system.

A system card frozen at launch date is a historical document, not current documentation.

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## Related terms

[AI Register An AI register is a current list of every system that touches a model.](https://customlabs.io/glossary/ai-register/)[Human Oversight Human oversight is a checkpoint where a person can meaningfully approve, reject, or intervene.](https://customlabs.io/glossary/human-oversight/)

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