NIST seeks comment on implementation of national standards strategy focused on AI and other ‘critical’ tech

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for information on bolstering participation in international standards development for artificial intelligence and other “critical and emerging technologies,” under the national standards strategy launched last spring by the Biden administration.

The RFI was published today in the Federal Register and is open for comment for 60 days. It is structured around the strategy’s “four objectives” of encouraging investment in standards-setting processes, bolstering participation, workforce development to support standards...