{
 "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/red-teaming",
 "slug": "red-teaming",
 "prefLabel": "Red teaming",
 "altLabel": [
  "AI red teaming",
  "Adversarial testing"
 ],
 "hiddenLabel": [],
 "definition": "Testing which imitates an adversarial attack on an AI system in order to learn more about the safety and security of the system.",
 "scopeNote": "Red teaming is not a new concept, but it has some unique applications for AI systems. They can be attacked through plain language (prompt injection, jailbreaks), and they can produce harmful output with no attacker at all, so red teams test for both.",
 "tier": "reference",
 "group": "Evaluation",
 "broader": [],
 "narrower": [],
 "related": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/eval",
   "type": "related"
  }
 ],
 "links": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/ai-safety",
   "label": "tests",
   "direction": "out"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/ai-security",
   "label": "tests",
   "direction": "out"
  }
 ],
 "modified": "2026-10-21",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/red-teaming.md",
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  "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon",
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  "currentAsOf": "2026-10-21"
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