AI Factsheets for Cloud Pak for Data

Version: 4.8.5    Included   IBM

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Description

AI Factsheets is the core of the AI Governance. It can be installed as part of an integrated governance solution for generative AI assets and machine learning models. Or, it can be installed as an independent service to work in concert with other services for governing IBM and external machine learning models. You can choose your installation option based on how you plan to implement governance.

The AI Factsheets service provides a convenient alternative to implementing your own solution for model data and event tracking. The AI Factsheets service is linked to a model inventory that you can use to organize your machine learning models and factsheets that you can use to track details for each model and deployment.

With AI Factsheets, you can capture essential model details that are required for AI model governance and compliance and track the following metadata across the model development lifecycle:

  • Purpose and criticality of the model.

  • Measured characteristics of the data set, model, or service.

  • Lineage of events and actions that are taken when the model or service is created and deployed.

Validators and approvers can use the model data that is securely gathered and stored in the factsheets to get an accurate, up-to-date view of the model lifecycle details.

Choosing a governance solution

Starting in 4.8.3, AI Factsheets can be installed as part of the integrated watsonx.governance service or as a separate service.

  • The watsonx.governance service includes governance features for generative AI assets as well as machine learning assets.

  • As a separate service, AI Factsheets can gather facts about AI lifecycle events for machine learning models. It can be used with other services to build a comprehensive AI governance solution for machine learning models.

For details on the two solutions and supported features, see AI Governance.

Governance solutions for Cloud Pak for Data 4.8.3 and later
The full governance solution for generative AI and machine learning models includes these services:

  • watsonx.governance (installs AI Factsheets, Watson OpenScale, and OpenPages with added support for generative AI assets)

  • watsonx.ai (installs Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning services with added support for generative AI assets)

The full AI Governance solution for machine learning models includes these services:
  • AI Factsheets
  • OpenPages
  • Watson OpenScale
Governance solutions for Cloud Pak for Data 4.8.3 and late

Before 4.8.3, the full AI Governance solution for machine learning models includes these services:

  • AI Factsheets
  • Watson OpenScale
  • OpenPages
  • Watson Studio
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog

Quick links

Integrated services

Table 1. Prerequisite services. This service requires one of the following prerequisite services to be installed.
Service Capability
IBM Knowledge Catalog Create catalogs of curated assets with this secure enterprise catalog management platform that is supported by a data governance framework.
Watson Studio Prepare, analyze, and model data in a collaborative environment with tools for data scientists, developers, and domain experts.
Table 2. Supplemental services. You can extend the functionality of this service with the following supplemental services, which require this service.
Service Capability
Watson OpenScale Infuse your AI with trust and transparency. Understand how your AI models detect and mitigate bias.
OpenPages Manage risk and regulatory challenges across your enterprise with an integrated governance, risk, and compliance suite.
Watson Machine Learning Build, train, and deploy machine learning models with a full range of tools.