OP PAPER TRAIL
The Rejected Resumes
Fairness
A hiring AI rejected a qualified candidate. You have 48 hours to find out why, before the complaint becomes a filing.
A free interactive investigation series
Learn Responsible AI the way it really breaks: by investigating it.
You are the investigator. An AI system was deployed, something went wrong, and you get the call. Gather evidence, test your theories against the data, confront the people who shipped it, and deliver the verdict.
Every company, person, and incident here is fictional. The techniques are real: disparity analysis, proxy-feature reconstruction, red-teaming an assistant, assembling an audit trail. No signup, no analytics, nothing leaves your device.
Open the dossier
The case files
OP GREENWASH
The Green Ledger
Fairness and governance
An award-winning green loan program approves four times as many loans in two wealthy districts. The sustainability report goes to print in 72 hours with its numbers inside.
OP LOOSE LIPS
The Helpful Assistant
Privacy and robustness
A support chatbot that answers everything, including the things it was never supposed to know.
Coming soon
OP ON RECORD
The Hearing
Accountability and transparency
You defend your findings before a regulator panel and hostile company counsel. Your earlier choices decide what is admissible.
Coming soon
The format
How a case plays
Open the file
Read the briefings and examine the evidence. Some of it is redacted, and the redactions are the interesting part.
Run the tools
Disparity analysis, ledger forensics, scripted interrogations. Every tool runs on synthetic data in your browser.
State your theory
Commit to a hypothesis before the evidence lets you off the hook. Wrong theories cost you; the game tells you why.
Deliver the verdict
Assemble your finding from pinned evidence and choose: bury it, fix it, or disclose it. Each path has consequences.
Before you ask
Questions
What is The Black Box Files?
A set of free interactive case investigations that teach Responsible AI: fairness, transparency, robustness, privacy, and accountability. Each case is a 30-40 minute investigation with real data tools and branching endings.
Do I need an account?
No. No signup, no install, no analytics. Your progress stays in your browser.
Is it really free?
Yes. Every case, every tool, every teacher guide.
Who is it for?
Students, educators, privacy and AI governance professionals, and anyone who wants to understand how AI systems fail in practice.
Are the companies real?
No. Every company, person, and incident is fictional. The regulations, the metrics, and the failure patterns are real.
Is this legal advice or a certification?
No. An educational training aid, not legal advice and not a compliance certification.