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Model card must describe intended uses

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Key Facts

What must the model card describe?
Hugging Face requires that the model card describe the model's intended uses and potential limitations, including biases and ethical considerations.
Must the model card describe the model's intended uses and potential limitations?
Hugging Face requires that the model card describe the model's intended uses and potential limitations, including biases and ethical considerations.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This requirement mandates that creators disclose not only use cases but also limitations, biases, and ethical considerations, making the scope of required disclosure broader than a simple description.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1423 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

As a model creator, you must include intended uses, potential limitations, biases, and ethical considerations in your model card.

How other platforms handle this

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Twitch Medium

You will display or read out the following disclaimer when promoting, administering, or conducting a Promotion: "This is a promotion by [Your Name]. Twitch does not sponsor or endorse this promotion and is not responsible for it."

Perplexity AI Medium

the Receiving Party shall (other than to the extent prohibited by law) provide prior written notice to the Disclosing Party and reasonably cooperate...with any efforts by the Disclosing Party to contest or limit such disclosure requirement

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The model card should describe: the model its intended uses & potential limitations, including biases and ethical considerations

Excerpt from Hugging Face's Model Card Guidelines

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hugging Face Model Card Guidelines
Entity
Hugging Face
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-064776
Document ID
CA-D-00842
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
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Content hash (SHA-256)
761f69a9d232f03c9a5687a54a0727406e3e8fd9f091bdb8e1cc1239e4ab3ce9
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:06 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: Hugging Face
Document: Hugging Face Model Card Guidelines
Record ID: CA-P-064776
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:06:03 UTC
SHA-256: 761f69a9d232f03c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hugging-face/hugging-face-model-card-guidelines/provision/CA-P-064776/model-card-must-describe-intended-uses/
Accessed: Aug. 19, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hugging Face's Model card must describe intended uses clause do?

This requirement mandates that creators disclose not only use cases but also limitations, biases, and ethical considerations, making the scope of required disclosure broader than a simple description.

How does this clause affect you?

As a model creator, you must include intended uses, potential limitations, biases, and ethical considerations in your model card.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 273 platforms. See the full comparison.

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