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Keynote 1

Towards Trustworthy Self-Testing Generative AI Agents

Tariq King

13:30-14:30 CET, Wednesday 4th November

As generative AI systems become increasingly autonomous and adaptive, ensuring their trustworthiness poses new challenges. Traditional testing methods, such as static, scenario-based, and human-driven approaches, struggle to keep pace with models that continuously evolve and exhibit emergent behaviors. These systems face constant flux from model drift, tool drift, and shifting ground truths, creating a growing gap between what an AI system was verified to do and what it actually does in production.

Join Tariq King as he explores how generative AI itself can close this gap through the emergence of self-testing agents. Building on his early work in self-testing architectures and modern advances in agentic AI, King believes that the next frontier of trust will come from systems capable of autonomously generating, executing, and evaluating their own tests. By embedding continuous verification loops within their reasoning processes and applying risk-based principles to know when testing is sufficient, these agents offer a path toward trustworthy, adaptive, secure intelligence.

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What you will Learn

  1. Recognize why traditional testing fails with autonomous AI
  2. Maintain trust when AI evolves faster than manual testing
  3. Know when AI can test itself versus when humans are needed

Session Details

  • Inroductory
  • 30 minutes
  • 15mins Q&A
  • Emerging Landscapes (Vibe Testing & Agentic AI)
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Session Speaker

Tariq King

Test IO, USA

Tariq King is a recognized thought-leader in software testing, engineering, DevOps, and AI/ML. He is currently the CEO and Head of Test IO, an EPAM company. Tariq has over fifteen years' professional experience in the software industry, and has formerly held positions including VP of Product-Services, Chief Scientist, Head of Quality, Quality Engineering Director, Software Engineering Manager, and Principal Architect. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Florida International University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Florida Tech. He has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed IEEE and ACM journals, conferences, and workshops, and has written book chapters and technical reports for Springer, O'Reilly, Capgemini, Sogeti, IGI Global, and more. Tariq has been an international keynote speaker and trainer at leading software conferences in industry and academia, and serves on multiple conference boards and program committees. Outside of work, Tariq is an electric car enthusiast who enjoys playing video games and traveling the world with his wife and kids.

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