NIST: Federal Government Must Be Active to Ensure US AI Leadership
U.S. leadership in developing artificial intelligence depends on federal government “playing an active and purpose-driven role” in standards, the National Institute of Standards and Technology reported Saturday. In response to President Donald Trump’s February executive order for an AI strategy,…
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NIST offered guidance to stakeholders. The report recommends: bolstering AI standards-related knowledge, leadership and coordination across agencies; promoting research to advance and accelerate “broader exploration and understanding of how aspects of trustworthiness can be practically incorporated within standards and standards related tools”; expanding public-private partnerships “to develop and use AI standards and related tools to advance reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI”; and engaging internationally “to advance AI standards for U.S. economic and national security needs.”