The U.S. Department of Commerce has rescinded the Biden-era Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule and strengthened export controls related to semiconductor chips. Concurrently, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced the transformation of the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). This new entity adopts a pro-innovation and pro-science approach, focusing on AI standards and innovation while continuing to address risks such as AI misuse in bioweapons. The reorganization signals a strategic shift toward leading global AI standards and enhancing U.S. security measures, particularly in response to concerns about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Trump administration is overseeing these changes, emphasizing a balance between innovation and security in AI governance.
We commend @CommerceGov & Secretary @howardlutnick on the strategic vision laid out today for the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation. It signals a major shift: a pro-innovation, pro-security approach to #AI standards—designed to lead globally and defend against CCP
The Trump administration announces plans to reorganize the US AI Safety Institute into the new Center for AI Standards and Innovation (@iblametom / Forbes) https://t.co/Tj2BiS9WhI https://t.co/QLmdwcKqLY https://t.co/ZOzeer1FAj
The US AI Safety Institute is now officially reformed as the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). The new iteration will still look at AI misuse risks (e.g. bioweapons), though the language appears to subtly cast shade at the risk humanity loses control of AI. https://t.co/RUuQjGdiOY