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A banner used by other people's frameworks, notably the EU High-Level Expert Group 1 and NIST, whose seven trustworthy characteristics make it concrete 2. This book cites it rather than adopting it: the discipline is measured by realised risk reduction and evidence, not by the label.

Developed in
ch. 22, EU HLEG guidelines and ALTAI
Chapters
ch. 01, Definition · ch. 22, Principles & Standards
Contrast with
AI governance engineering · Responsible-AI principle set
Source
2 numbered references, listed below

Where it is used

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

Trustworthy AI: mentions per chapter11 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named01 Definition010 Reading List: 2 mentions10 Reading List211 AI Defined: 2 mentions11 AI Defined216 Fairness & XAI: 1 mention16 Fairness & XAI122 Principles & Standards: 6 mentions22 Principles & Standards6No mentions in the other 18 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Trustworthy AI: mentions per chapter11 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named00010203040506070810 Reading List: 2 mentions21011 AI Defined: 2 mentions2111213141516 Fairness & XAI: 1 mention116171819202122 Principles & Standards: 6 mentions62223Source: 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 Trustworthy AI per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0Yes
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List2No
11 AI Defined2No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI1No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards6Yes
23 AI Agents0No
Trustworthy AI: 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.RelatedContrastTrustworthy AIRelated terms (3)ALTAI · RelatedALTAIRealised risk reduction · RelatedRealised risk reductionTrustworthy characteristics (NIST) · RelatedTrustworthy characteristicsContrast with (2)AI governance engineering · ContrastAI governance engineeringResponsible-AI principle set · ContrastResponsible-AI principle set
Trustworthy AI: 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.RelatedContrastRelated terms (3)ALTAI · RelatedALTAIRealised risk reduction · RelatedRealised risk reductionTrustworthy characteristics (NIST) · RelatedTrustworthy characteristicsContrast with (2)AI governance engineering · ContrastAI governance engineeringResponsible-AI principle set · ContrastResponsible-AI principle setTrustworthy AI
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 Trustworthy AI
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsALTAIRelated
Related termsRealised risk reductionRelated
Related termsTrustworthy characteristics (NIST)Related
Contrast withAI governance engineeringContrast
Contrast withResponsible-AI principle setContrast
  • ALTAI

    The Assessment List for Trustworthy AI, published by the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI in July 2020: a self-assessment checklist that turns the seven…

  • Trustworthy characteristics (NIST)

    The seven characteristics of trustworthy AI in the NIST AI RMF: valid and reliable; safe; secure and resilient; accountable and transparent; explainable and…

  • 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.

Sources

  1. [1] Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI (four ethical principles; seven requirements; human-in-the-loop, human-on-the-loop and human-in-command oversight). High-Level Expert Group on AI / European Commission. 2019-04-08. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/ethics-guidelines-trustworthy-ai (verified: primary)
  2. [2] Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), NIST AI 100-1 (risk tolerance and residual risk; seven trustworthy characteristics; transparency answers "what happened", explainability "how", interpretability "why"; MAP 1.1 intended purposes; MANAGE 1.1 go/no-go determination; profiles). NIST. 2023-01-26. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1 (verified: primary)

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

Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026trustworthyai,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Trustworthy AI}},
  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/trustworthy-ai}
}