Microsoft releases ASSERT, an open-source framework that lets developers generate and run AI behavior tests using natural-language descriptions (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/new-microsoft-tool-lets-devs-spin-up-ai-behavior-tests-using-text-descriptions/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260602/i56.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260602/p56#a260602p56" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ram Iyer / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/new-microsoft-tool-lets-devs-spin-up-ai-behavior-tests-using-text-descriptions/">Microsoft releases ASSERT, an open-source framework that lets developers generate and run AI behavior tests using natural-language descriptions</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; AI researchers and labs have advanced by leaps and bounds in evaluating AI models for everything from safety and compliance to sycophancy and alignment.</p>