Reliability

https://taxonomy.eticas.ai/risk/reliability

Maturity: established

Risks arising from an AI systems failure to perform dependably — whether through degraded output integrity and robustness (e.g., hallucinations, model drift), or through inability to maintain function under adverse or changing conditions (e.g., infrastructure failure, connectivity loss).

Also known as: Validity and Reliability

System type: ADM and LLM systems
Lifecycle stages: Pre Processing, In Processing, Post Processing

Risk groups

Mappings to external frameworks

Standards & frameworks

Framework Reference
EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) Article 15 — accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI Management System AI system verification and validation
AIUC-1 — AI Underwriting Company Standard Reliability domain
Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (CETS No. 225) Article 4(b) — Reliability (general obligation)
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Confabulation
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Information Integrity
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI 100-1) Valid & Reliable
OECD AI Principles Robustness, security & safety

Taxonomies & vocabularies

Framework Reference
MIT AI Risk Repository Lack of capability or robustness
MIT AI Risk Repository Misinformation
AIR 2024 System & Operational Risks (L1)
IBM AI Risk Atlas Output → Robustness + Inference → Accuracy

References