AI Red Team Specialist
AI red team specialists probe language models and AI systems for vulnerabilities, requiring precise and formal English to document attack vectors, write safety evaluation reports, and communicate risk findings to legal, compliance, and executive stakeholders. Their work bridges deep technical knowledge of adversarial prompting with the regulatory language of the EU AI Act and internal risk frameworks. This path builds the professional vocabulary to operate confidently in both the technical and governance dimensions of AI safety.
Topics covered
- Adversarial AI testing techniques
- Prompt injection & jailbreaking
- EU AI Act compliance testing
- Red team reporting language
- Safety evaluation frameworks
- AI risk communication
Vocabulary spotlight
4 terms every AI Red Team Specialist should know in English:
An adversarial attack in which a malicious user crafts input to override or subvert an LLM's original instructions
"The chatbot was vulnerable to prompt injection through its document summarisation endpoint."
A technique used to bypass an AI model's safety guardrails and elicit restricted outputs
"We documented twelve jailbreak vectors before the product launched to the public."
A structured adversarial exercise in which a dedicated team attempts to find vulnerabilities in a system or model
"Red teaming the customer service bot revealed three high-severity failure modes within the first day."
A structured argument, supported by evidence, that an AI system is acceptably safe for a specified deployment context
"Regulators require a safety case before the system can be deployed in a high-risk category under the EU AI Act."
📚 Vocabulary Reference
Key terms organised by category for AI Red Team Specialists:
Adversarial Techniques
Safety Evaluation
Regulatory & Compliance
Reporting Language
Recommended exercises
Real-world scenarios you'll practise
- Writing a red team report detailing prompt injection vulnerabilities for a legal and compliance audience.
- Presenting AI risk findings to a board that includes both technical and non-technical directors.
- Drafting an EU AI Act compliance gap assessment for a high-risk AI system.
- Communicating a newly discovered jailbreak vector to the model safety team under responsible disclosure norms.