IV&V AI Assistant

Overview

Development stage

In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

High-impact designation

Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact

Impact justification

Not reported

Start date

Not reported

Withheld from public reporting

NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area

Science

Operational functions

Chatbot or virtual assistant, Search and knowledge retrieval Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

This project delivers a NASA IV&V AI Assistant powered by LibreChat with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to provide a secure, conversational interface for NASA IV&V engineers. The Assistant enables users to interact directly with NASA program documents, asking questions that span subject matter expertise and program-specific content relevant to software assurance activities, including accelerated system understanding, analysis process planning, and context specific lessons learned and potential risk considerations. Initial development and evaluation are conducted with synthetic data hosted on AWS (Cloud – Other). Beginning in FY26, the project will transition to beta and production phases, operating on local on-premises HPC infrastructure with access to real ITAR-level NASA mission data, IV&V process data, and lessons learned.

Expected benefits

The initial deployment of the NASA IV&V AI Assistant will leverage the LibreChat platform with automated embedding and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to provide end-users with efficient access to relevant, necessary knowledge to complete analysis activities and generalized inference capabilities. More advanced iterations are anticipated to include fine-tuning on IV&V-specific datasets such as historical issues, risks, and lessons learned. By integrating GenAI-powered search and chain-of-thought reasoning into IV&V workflows, the Assistant will enable engineers to rapidly locate critical information, streamline analysis activities, and enhance overall productivity. This accelerated capability is expected to positively impact the mission projects supported by NASA IV&V by enabling earlier identification of issues and delivery of analysis assurance conclusions.

System outputs

The output for this system is similar to a ChatGPT-like interface, that is, the output is text information related to what the user is providing queries on.

Technology

AI classification

Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

Not reported

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Not reported

Vendor (as reported)

Not reported

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

Not reported

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

Not reported

Demographic features

Not reported

Training and evaluation data

Not reported

Federal Data Catalog

Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported