Global AI Initiative Database

The Plan recommends that the Federal government commit to deeper, consistent, long-term engagement in activities to help the U.S. speed the pace of reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI technology development.

The February 2019 Executive Order directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a plan that would, among other objectives, ensure that technical standards minimize vulnerability to attacks from malicious actors and reflect Federal priorities for innovation, public trust, and public confidence in systems that use AI technologies; and develop international standards to promote and protect those priorities.NIST developed the plan with extensive public and private sector involvement, including a 30 May 2019 workshop and multiple opportunities for public comment. NIST received comments from more than 40 organizations in industry, academia, and government on a draft plan released on 2 July 2019. While the plan notes that serious work on AI-specific standards has only recently begun in earnest, its appendices list existing IT standards applicable to AI, and ongoing activities regarding AI standards and related tools. NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. NIST is a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.The initiative has the following objective(s):To emphasize the need for Federal agencies to be flexible in selecting AI standards for use in regulatory or procurement actions.To call for prioritizing multidisciplinary research and expanding public-private partnerships to advance reliable, robust and trustworthy AI.To highlight related tools that will be needed to support AI, including benchmarks, evaluations and challenges that could drive creative problem-solving.

Department of Commerce (DOC)|Interagency Council on Statistical Policy |National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)