AI Red Teaming Comes of Age
CSO Online, Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
AI red teaming is evolving beyond traditional security to address safety, autonomy, and misinformation risks.
AI red teaming has evolved significantly since Microsoft launched its program in 2019. Unlike deterministic software, AI systems are probabilistic, so the same attack may succeed only occasionally, complicating testing.
The field now blends cybersecurity experts with psychologists, linguists, and domain specialists to address misinformation and autonomous agent behavior. Organizations deploying AI assistants face risks where systems cause harm without malicious intent, as when Air Canada's chatbot invented refund policies.
As agentic AI gains the ability to execute real business processes, red teaming must shift from periodic testing to continuous behavioral monitoring in production.