# NIST publishes Dioptra testing platform work with AI risk guidance

> NIST's July 2024 release package included Dioptra, open-source software intended to help users and developers test how certain attacks can degrade AI-system performance. NIST presented it alongside guidance and drafts for AI evaluation and risk mitigation, not as a universal evaluation score or certification by itself.

Canonical: https://hypler.com/ai-news/nist-dioptra-ai-evaluation-2024
Hypler publication: 2026-10-06
Original source date: 2024-07-26
Publisher: NIST
Article kind: source-briefing
Category: Evaluation
Tags: NIST, red teaming, testing

## Engineering relevance

Adversarial testing needs repeatable environments and explicit threat assumptions. Hypler can use the release as a reminder to test degradation and abuse paths, not only happy-path answer quality.

## Original source

- [NIST](https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/07/department-commerce-announces-new-guidance-tools-270-days-following)

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