National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST · Standards Body
Organisation
US federal non-regulatory standards agency. AI work spans the AI Risk Management Framework, GenAI Profile, the AI Safety Institute, and the Frontier AI Model Evaluation Consortium.
Overview & role
Foundation of US AI-governance posture as 'standards-led, not statute-led' (cf. EU AI Act). RMF voluntariness is the load-bearing design choice.
Instruments & activity
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework (NIST-AI-RMF)
- NIST AI RMF Generative AI Profile (NIST-AI-RMF-GENAI)
- Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI (US-EO-14110)
See also
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References
The primary instrument sources behind the article's classifications.