{
  "slug": "severity-calibration",
  "term": "Severity calibration",
  "definition": "Whether the tool's assigned severities match what an expert would assign. In the CIRCL study, four of seven AI severities were too high and one critical was rated medium.",
  "detail": [
    "Mis-calibration in both directions is expected; a human must re-rate. Reports that pass AI severities through unchanged are a red flag."
  ],
  "page": "https://agentsast.com/glossary/severity-calibration/",
  "updated": "2026-09-13"
}