Stress Testing

The evaluation of AI systems under extreme or edge-case conditions to identify failure modes, vulnerabilities and performance degradation thresholds.

Pushing an AI to its limits to see where it breaks. What happens with extreme inputs? Conflicting data? Massive volume? It's like crash-testing a car to find its weak points.

Stress testing is a governance activity that should be required before any AI system goes into production. It reveals failure modes and performance boundaries that standard testing may miss.