Full name
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Center for AI Standards and Innovation
This is the official NIST name used since 2025.
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Center for AI Standards and Innovation
NIST's advanced-AI testing and standards centre, serving as a US government contact point for collaborative evaluation and research on commercial AI systems.
currentverified from 2026-07-27
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What the atlas claims
What it is
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NIST's advanced-AI testing and standards centre, serving as a US government contact point for collaborative evaluation and research on commercial AI systems.
The centre's official page states this role and publishes model evaluations.
Formal powers
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evaluation; measurement research; guideline and voluntary-standard development; industry collaboration
The centre has technical and coordination functions but no general power to compel frontier-model access or sanction developers.
Political fragility
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Its 2025 renaming and changed policy framing show sensitivity to executive priorities even while its formal placement within NIST remained.
NIST records the re-establishment of the former AISI as CAISI by the Commerce Secretary.