{"id":250870,"date":"2025-03-13T23:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modelwise.ai\/?p=250870"},"modified":"2025-06-24T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:45:55","slug":"fm-severity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modelwise.ai\/de\/fm-severity\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure Mode Severity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the realm of <a href=\"https:\/\/modelwise.ai\/de\/fusa\/\">functional safety<\/a>, assessing the severity of failure modes as safe\/dangerous is a critical aspect. 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