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NIST has released a plan for prioritizing federal agency engagement in the development of standards for artificial intelligence (AI) per the February 2019 Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership on Artificial Intelligence (EO 13859). The plan recommends the federal government “commit to deeper, consistent, long-term engagement in AI standards development activities to help the United States to speed the pace of reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI technology development.”

It calls for federal agencies to bolster AI standards-related knowledge, leadership, and coordination among agencies that develop or use AI; promote focused research on the trustworthiness of AI systems; support and expand public-private partnerships; and engage with international parties.

NIST will participate in developing AI standards, along with the private sector and academia, that address societal and ethical issues, governance, and privacy policies and principles. These AI standards-related efforts include:

Supporting and conducting AI research and development
	Actively engaging in AI standards development
	Procuring and deploying standards-based products and services, and
	Developing and implementing supportive policies, including regulatory policies where needed.While the AI community has agreed that these issues must factor into AI standards, many decisions still need to be made about whether there is yet enough scientific and technical basis to develop those standards provisions.

For news about this plan, see https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/08/plan-outlines-priorities-federal-agency-engagement-ai-standards-development

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The U.S. Leadership in AI: A Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing Technical Standards and Related Tools report released on August 9, 2019, was prepared with broad public and private sector input. The plan identifies nine areas of focus for AI standards:

Concepts and terminology
	Data and knowledge
	Human interactions
	Metrics
	Networking
	Performance testing and reporting methodology
	Safety
	Risk management
	TrustworthinessThrough these focus areas, the Federal government will commit to deeper, consistent, long-term engagement in AI standards development activities to help the United States to speed the pace of reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI technology development. Specifically, the government will:

Bolster AI standards-related knowledge, leadership, and coordination among Federal agencies to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
	Promote focused research to advance and accelerate broader exploration and understanding of how aspects of trustworthiness can be practically incorporated within standards and standards-related tools
	Support and expand public-private partnerships to develop and use AI standards and related tools to advance reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI.
	Strategically engage with international parties to advance AI standards for U.S. economic and national security needs.NIST will play an active role in advancing the AI standards strategies. NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory has recently established an Associate Director for IT Standardization position, which will help administer many of NIST’s future AI standards activities and development.

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