Previously the US AI Safety Institute
On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced the US AI Safety Institute would be transformed and renamed as the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). CAISI will continue to be housed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and, according to the Department of Commerce “will serve as industry’s primary point of contact within the U.S. Government to facilitate testing and collaborative research.”
“The continuation of the Institute’s core mission under a new name reflects bipartisan support from lawmakers, industry groups, and the public in maintaining U.S. leadership in AI while monitoring the capabilities and risks of this new technology,” said ARI President Brad Carson. “CAISI’s focus on security vulnerabilities, model evaluation, and risks for both domestic and foreign models reflects an understanding in the Administration that innovation and security must go hand in hand. The challenge for lawmakers now is to ensure CAISI has sufficient resources and authority to achieve its mission.”
NIST’s work evaluating and monitoring frontier AI began under the first Trump Administration. In the President’s topline budget for the coming fiscal year, the Administration proposes maintaining funding for research in artificial intelligence.
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