About
The AI Forensics International Technical Working Group (AITWG) is a collective of global experts dedicated to advancing AI Forensics to improve accountability over misuse of AI systems, in the tradition of other working groups on chemical forensics and nuclear forensics. Our mission is to empower authorities with unified methodologies and a robust socio-technical infrastructure for attributing and mitigating AI-related incidents. Since our inception, AITWG has driven excellence in AI Forensics through initiatives like Defcon prize challenges, rewarding innovative techniques for tracking and characterizing AI systems, datasets, and models. In addition to forensics work, with a multidisciplinary team, we are equipped to execute high-impact supplementary projects, such as evaluating frontier AI models for chemical and biological capabilities, ensuring compliance with rigorous global standards.
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AI Forensics
As AI systems increasingly make autonomous decisions impacting daily life, the potential for accidents, harm, or regulatory violations grows. AI Forensics is essential for investigating such incidents, enabling the collection and preservation of digital evidence to uncover an AI system’s history, origins, and potential misuse. AITWG’s expertise in AI security, cheminformatics, biosecurity, virology, synthetic biology, and computational biology positions us to deliver comprehensive forensic analyses, including risk assessments of AI-driven chemical and biological applications, providing critical insights for stakeholders.
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Working Group
AITWG comprises a diverse team of AI scientists, cheminformaticians, biosecurity policy experts, virologists, synthetic biologists, law enforcement, cyber incident responders, and information security professionals from industry, academia, and government. Our technical capabilities include advanced red teaming, machine learning, chemical data analysis, and biological risk evaluation, supported by tools like RDKit, PyTorch, and the Inspect framework.
Outreach is central to our mission. We share cutting-edge advancements in AI forensic analysis with the broader community through publications, workshops, and collaborations with standards bodies, industry groups, academic institutions, and global AI governance coalitions, ensuring our work benefits a wide audience.
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Priorities
AITWG’s priorities include identifying forensic requirements for AI systems, evaluating current capabilities, and recommending cooperative measures to enhance global preparedness for AI incidents. We are committed to rigorous peer review of AI forensic methods, fostering innovation through regular meetings, exercises, publications, and prize challenges. Our team’s capacity to assess AI models for chemical and biological risks, supported by robust validation networks and compliance with federal standards, underscores our leadership in addressing emerging AI challenges.
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Membership
AITWG is a collaborative platform for professionals passionate about advancing AI Forensics. We welcome members from diverse sectors; legal, cybersecurity, cheminformatics, biosecurity, and academia; who are committed to improving AI forensic practices and sharing knowledge to respond effectively to AI-related incidents. Join us to contribute to this work.