Mission, mandate, and institutional purpose

ATIC authors and maintains the Provenance & Integrity Standard, the world's first forensic benchmark defining the minimum conditions required for an AI system to be lawful in origin, traceable in lineage, and defensible under legal and regulatory scrutiny. It is an original standard written in the legal vocabulary that courts and regulatory bodies operate in, not a translation of existing governance frameworks. The Standard is licensed to accredited certification bodies globally, who independently verify that organizations meet its requirements.

ATIC's mission is to define the minimum forensic conditions required for legally defensible AI, author and maintain the Provenance & Integrity Standard as the primary international forensic benchmark for AI provenance and governance, license the Standard to accredited certification bodies who independently verify AI builders and deployers meet its requirements, protect institutions from hidden liabilities and unverifiable AI supply chains, safeguard the public from opaque systems that shape their opportunities and lives, advance research in AI provenance governance through the Pilot Cohort research initiative, and serve as the independent standards institution the AI market has needed and has not had.

ATIC operates with a public-benefit mandate, ensuring that the integrity of AI systems is upheld across sectors, industries, and geographies for the benefit of institutions, the public, democratic processes, and future generations.