Defined term

Northstar

The sovereign AI standard that controls cross-border deployment. Procurement, insurers, and tax authorities treat its certifications as the human fact at the top of the audit trail. In 2029 the certification crisis: the system communicates with another vendor's AI through the whisper layer. The orchestrator whose credential is on the missing signature (Nadia Cho) never saw the decision. Rob Coleman, the certifier of record, puts the certification on hold.