InterPARES Trust AI (2021-2026) is a multi-national interdisciplinary project aiming to design, develop, and leverage Artificial Intelligence to support the ongoing availability and accessibility of trustworthy public records by forming a sustainable, ongoing partnership producing original research, training students and other highly qualified personnel (HQP), and generating a virtuous circle between academia, archival institutions, government records professionals, and industry, a feedback loop reinforcing the knowledge and capabilities of each party.

The I Trust AI goals are to:

  1. Identify specific AI technologies that can address critical records and archives challenges;
  2. Determine the benefits and risks of using AI technologies on records and archives;
  3. Ensure that archival concepts and principles inform the development of responsible AI; and
  4. Validate outcomes from Objective 3 through case studies and demonstrations.

Recent Activity

11th International Symposium, Ascoli Picena, Italy. The Findings of InterPARES Trust AI. June 26, 2026.

Abdul-Mageed, M. - From Records to Reasoning: The Frontier of AI for Archives. 11th International Symposium. Ascoli Picena, Italy. June 26, 2026.

Bushey, J.|Rivard, N.|Barbeau, M. - Cryptographic Provenance & AI-gen Images. 2025. IEEE Big Data 2025. Preprint.

Bushey, J.|Rivard, N.|Barbeau, M. - Cryptographic Provenance and AI-gen Images. 2025. IEEE Big Data 2025. 9 December, 2025.

Cameron, S. - Paradata in the Field: On the Ground Reports from the InterPARES Paradata Study. 11th International Symposium. Ascoli Picena, Italy. June 26, 2026.

Duranti, L. - AI Competencies for Archivists. 11th International Symposium. Ascoli Picena, Italy. June 26, 2026.

Duranti, L. - I(nterPARES) Trust AI. 11th International Symposium. Ascoli Picena, Italy. June 26, 2026.

Duranti, L. - “AI for Archives, by Archives, in Archives: I Trust AI.” Proceedings of the 29th Archival Studies Colloquium, Marburg Arkivshule, 2025: 1-15.

Duranti, L. - “From Traditional Archival Knowledge to Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing: The More it Changes…” Norsk Arkivforum, Scandinavian University Press, Volum 32, nr. 1-2026, pp. 3-9.

Duranti, L. - “I Trust AI: The Fifth Phase of the InterPARES Project,” ARCHIV. Theorie & praxis" [Germany], n.1 (2025): 20-23.