Industry backs Commerce’s new approach to AI ‘innovation’ center

The Trump administration announcement of a revised mission and new moniker for NIST’s AI safety institute was greeted with relief and cheers from the tech sector, which sees the “Center for AI Standards and Innovation” as an important point of collaboration between industry and government.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 3 announced the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will be reformed and renamed as “CAISI” under a directive from President Trump to...