Kill Switch
Also called: Emergency Stop, Emergency Shutdown
A safety mechanism that allows an AI system, service, or automated workflow to be immediately disabled or halted in response to unsafe behavior, security incidents, operational failures, or emergency conditions, preventing further execution until the issue is resolved.
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A resilience pattern that temporarily stops requests to a failing service to prevent cascading failures and allow recovery.
Human OversightThe practice of monitoring, reviewing, and governing an AI system's decisions, actions, and outputs by human operators to ensure safety, accuracy, compliance, accountability, and appropriate intervention when necessary.
Governance PolicyA formal set of rules, principles, and operational requirements that defines how an AI system is developed, deployed, monitored, and controlled to ensure compliance, safety, accountability, and responsible operation.
Risk ThresholdA predefined limit or level of acceptable risk used to trigger safety interventions or operational escalations in AI systems.