Two research presentations accepted for NeurIPS 2026 in Paris
Collaborative research on prisoner-of-war protections and testimony archive integrity will feature at the AI for Peace workshop in the NeurIPS Paris satellite program.
Two projects co-authored by Syntony founder Nathan Heath have been accepted for presentation at AI for Peace, a NeurIPS 2026 workshop in Paris. The workshop takes place on December 12 as part of the conference’s Paris satellite program.
The contributions examine how generative AI can threaten people protected by international humanitarian law and the records that preserve testimony about mass violence.
MAESTRO4IHL
MAESTRO4IHL: A Threat Model Framework for Synthetic Media Harms to POW Protections under IHL
Nathan Heath, Dr Wm. Matthew Kennedy, and Valmik Nahata examine threats to prisoner-of-war protections from synthetic media. Their work considers propaganda involving captured people, degraded information about prisoners, and interference with contact between prisoners and their families.
MAESTRO4IHL provides a framework for identifying these threats and assigning responsibility for safeguards across the institutions and technologies involved.
Safeguarding testimony archives
Safeguarding Testimony Archives: An Ethical Impact Assessment Framework with Preliminary Red Team Validation
Nathan Heath, Susan Nesbitt, Jennifer Victoria Scurrell, and Broderick McDonald address the integrity of archives preserving survivor and witness testimony. Their Testimony Archive Integrity Assessment Framework connects ethical commitments to practical safeguards, including provenance, consent, monitoring, and accountability, with preliminary adversarial testing.
Workshop details
Saturday, December 12, 2026
Palais des Congrès, Room 243 · Paris
Both contributions were accepted in the workshop’s non-archival presentation track. The workshop lists accepted contributions as poster presentations.
The work reflects Syntony’s focus on evaluating specific harms and making the findings useful to the people responsible for prevention and response.
Explore the workshop and its accepted presentations, or see the official NeurIPS event listing for venue information.
