NIST retitles AI Safety Institute Consortium as NIST Artificial Intelligence Consortium and reopens invitations
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Summary
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced in a notice that it is retitling the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium as the NIST Artificial Intelligence Consortium, revising the scope of its research, and reissuing its invitation for organizations to submit letters of interest. The notice cites Executive Order 14179 and America's AI Action Plan. Selected participants are required to enter into a Consortium Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NIST, although at NIST's discretion entities not legally permitted to enter such agreements may participate under a separate non-CRADA agreement. Existing members need not reapply but may be asked to sign amendments. Letters of interest are accepted on an ongoing basis, with review periods likely twice a year, the first beginning within 60 days of publication. Focus areas include healthcare, cybersecurity, privacy engineering and evaluation methods.
Why it matters
The notice reshapes a federal AI measurement-science collaboration and opens participation to organizations that can contribute expertise, data, products or models. Existing members may need to sign amended agreements, and new applicants are selected on a first come, first served basis among complete letters of interest.
- Parties involved
- National Institute of Standards and Technology; Department of Commerce
- Federal Register doc. no.
- 2026-10779
- Citation
- 91 FR 32007
- Docket number
- NIST 2026-0034
- Primary source
- Federal Register (US) (federalregister.gov)
Source retrieved: . Sources are often in other languages; links open the original. - Topics
- General AI governance · Frontier models & safety