cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite the paper below."
authors:
- name: "Microsoft, AI Red Team"
title: "PyRIT: The Python Risk Identification Tool for generative AI"
date-released: 2024-02-21
url: "https://github.com/microsoft/PyRIT"
preferred-citation:
  type: report
  title: "PyRIT: Democratizing AI Red Teaming Through Open-Source Tooling"
  authors:
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    given-names: "Roman"
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    given-names: "Joris"
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    given-names: "Whitney"
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    given-names: "Amanda"
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    given-names: "Elizabeth"
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    given-names: "Csenge"
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    given-names: "Sam"
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    given-names: "Victoria"
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    given-names: "Ram Shankar"
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    given-names: "Mark"
  - family-names: "Zunger"
    given-names: "Yonatan"
  institution:
    name: "Microsoft"
  year: 2026
  month: 9
  date-published: 2026-09-10
  url: "https://commandline.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PyRIT_Whitepaper_2026.pdf"