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AI Tester Accreditation Programme (AI TAP)

AI Verify Foundation is launching Asia’s first accreditation programme for AI testing service firms, expected to open in Q3 2026, to build a trusted AI assurance market.

Category
AI Governance Frameworks
Published / Updated
2026-05
Issuing body
AI Verify Foundation / IMDA
Lead ministry
IMDA
Linked levers
Lever 2: Governance / Lever 6: Diplomacy
Timeline years
2026

Strategic Context

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Connected to 2 national AI levers.

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Appears in the timeline around 2026.

Detailed Notes

The AI Tester Accreditation Programme (AI TAP) is run by AI Verify Foundation for companies offering technical testing services for generative-AI applications. The Foundation describes it as the first programme of its kind in Asia, with applications expected to open in Q3 2026.

AI TAP accredits the capability of testing service firms; it does not certify that a specific AI system is risk-free. Assessment covers technical competence in declared testing services, company standing and track record, financial sustainability, operational readiness, and whether declared business scope matches actual capability.

Strategically, this moves AI Verify from tools and frameworks into market infrastructure. Enterprises will not have to rely only on vendor self-testing; they can procure recognised third-party AI assurance services. It fills the accreditation and service-market layer after Singapore’s principles, tools, and sandboxes.

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