US AI Safety Institute (at NIST)
US-AISI · AI Safety Institute
Organisation
AI safety evaluation, methodology development, and capacity-building hosted within NIST. Pre-deployment access agreements with frontier labs. Headed by Elizabeth Kelly.
Overview & role
Established under EO 14110 §4.1. Operates partially under the NIST mandate while AI-Safety-Institute-specific authority continues to evolve post-EO-14179. Co-leads the international AISI network with UK AISI.
Instruments & activity
- Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI (US-EO-14110)
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework (NIST-AI-RMF)
- NIST AI RMF Generative AI Profile (NIST-AI-RMF-GENAI)
- Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety (BLETCHLEY-2023)
- Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI (SEOUL-2024)
See also
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References
The primary instrument sources behind the article's classifications.