SIIA leader sees key NIST initiatives continuing after Biden’s AI order is revoked

President-elect Trump is likely to revoke and replace President Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence, according to Paul Lekas of the Software & Information Industry Association, who expects the new administration to still find value in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Safety Institute and other initiatives launched under the EO.

“With the new administration, we’re at an inflection point on federal AI policy,” Lekas, SIIA’s senior vice president for global public policy, said in an interview with...