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

AD01 Archivist & Records Managers AI Competencies – Module 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for the Archival Professions. Richard Arias Hernandez and Kaila Fewster. October 2024.

Arias-Hernandez, R.|Fewster, K. - Archivist & Records Managers AI Competencies – Module 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for the Archival Professions. AD01-Teachable AI. October 2024.

AA01 Employing AI for Retention & Disposition in Digital Information and Recordkeeping Systems - Final Report. by Jenny Bunn, Patricia C Franks, Katherine Hodgson, Patricia Moore, Alicia Barnard. September 30, 2024.

Henttonin, P.|Packalén, S. - Adding Paradata About Records Processes via Information Control Plans, in Perspectives on Paradata: Research and Practice of Documenting Process Knowledge. Isto Huvila, Lisa Andersson, Olle Sköld, eds. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6. Pp.215-232.

Rogers, C. ed.|Wieland, A. ed. - Archival Science in Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice. Rowman & Littlefield. September 2024.

AD01 Teachable AI: Educational Case Studies of Applications of AI to Archives and Records Management. Richard Arias Hernandez and Kaila Fewster. August 2024.

Arias-Hernandez, R.|Fewster, K. - Educational Case Studies of Applications of AI to Archives and Records Management. AD01-Teachable AI. August 2024. Artificial Intelligence in the UNESCO Audio Archives.

Arias-Hernandez, R.|Fewster, K. - Educational Case Studies of Applications of AI to Archives and Records Management. AD01-Teachable AI. August 2024. Developing AI search and retrieval tools to improve archival access using the AvocadoIT email collection.

Arias-Hernandez, R.|Fewster, K. - Educational Case Studies of Applications of AI to Archives and Records Management. AD01-Teachable AI. August 2024. Index.

Arias-Hernandez, R.|Fewster, K. - Educational Case Studies of Applications of AI to Archives and Records Management. AD01-Teachable AI. August 2024. State-industry collaboration in the State Archives of Hawai’i to design and implement an AI technology for indexing and describing video records.