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AI governance glossary

AI tool

AI that arrived through a vendor, subscription, embedded feature, or employee sign-up. It is not a separate governance category and follows the same process as any other AI system.

How it fits into governance

This term belongs inside the wider record of context, responsibility, risk, controls, evidence, and review. The useful question is not only what it means, but who owns it and what decision it changes.

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