Inside AI Policy

February 8, 2025

Commerce Secretary nominee Lutnick compares AI leadership to NIST work on cyber standards

By Sara Friedman / January 30, 2025

Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says the government should focus on developing artificial intelligence standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology under an approach that’s similar to the agency’s longtime collaborative efforts on cybersecurity.

“The Department of Commerce has led the world in cyber, our cyber technology and cyber rules are the gold standard of the world. Let's leverage that model into the standards for artificial intelligence that use what we're great at and leverage that again and...


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