Project Profile
AI Verify
An open-source framework that turns AI governance principles into executable tests
- Owner
- AI Verify Foundation / IMDA
- Category
- Governance testing framework
- Status
- Active open source
- Started
- 2022-05
- Language / Form
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- GitHub Stars
- 37
- Updated
- 2026-05-04
AI Verify is the core product of Singapore’s AI governance strategy: instead of only publishing principles, it turns requirements such as transparency, fairness, robustness, privacy, and accountability into runnable tests and reporting tools.
What It Is
AI Verify has two layers: an open-source software toolkit that enterprises can use to test classical and generative AI systems, and the AI Verify Foundation, which keeps the tooling, plugin ecosystem, and member network moving.
Its value is that it turns abstract governance into an engineering object. A company does not merely claim that it uses AI responsibly; it can use tests, questionnaires, and reports to show which dimensions are covered and where gaps remain.
AI Relevance
AI Verify’s key innovation is moving "governance" from documents into the toolchain. For enterprises, AI risk becomes less of an abstract legal or compliance topic and more of a set of checks that can fit into development, evaluation, and launch workflows.
That is Singapore’s governance differentiation: rather than leading with hard law, it builds verifiable, reusable, internationally usable tooling first.
Singapore Relevance
AI Verify is the most concrete vehicle for Singapore’s "standards diplomacy." It converts IMDA’s governance framework into open-source tooling that global enterprises can download, deploy, and extend, lowering the political friction of adopting a Singapore-originated framework.
For sgai.md, it should be tracked as a long-running entity: tooling evolution, depth of Foundation participation, generative-AI testing modules, and alignment with ISO / NIST / EU compliance systems all shape Singapore’s influence in AI governance.
Milestones
- 2022-05AI Verify testing framework released
- 2023-06AI Verify open-sourced and Foundation launched
- 2024-05Expanded into generative-AI testing