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Renamed to Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)
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This June 2025 press release marks a pivotal U.S. policy shift, replacing the Biden-era AI Safety Institute with a more industry-friendly body; relevant for tracking how government AI safety mandates are evolving under the Trump administration.
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The U.S. Commerce Department announced the renaming and restructuring of the AI Safety Institute into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) under Secretary Howard Lutnick. The shift explicitly reframes the mission away from safety-oriented regulation toward pro-innovation voluntary standards, while retaining national security evaluation functions focused on demonstrable risks like cybersecurity and biosecurity. This represents a significant policy realignment in the U.S. government's approach to AI oversight.
Key Points
- •AISI rebranded as CAISI with explicit 'pro-innovation' framing, signaling a shift away from safety-first regulatory approach under the Trump administration.
- •CAISI will focus on voluntary standards and agreements with private AI developers rather than mandatory compliance frameworks.
- •Evaluations will target demonstrable national security risks (cybersecurity, biosecurity, chemical weapons) rather than broader societal harms.
- •CAISI will assess both U.S. and adversary AI capabilities, including foreign backdoors and malign influence from adversary AI systems.
- •Coordination with DoD, DHS, DoE, OSTP, and Intelligence Community preserved, maintaining national security evaluation infrastructure.
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| Page | Type | Quality |
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| US AI Safety Institute | Organization | 91.0 |
| US Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI | Policy | 91.0 |
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# Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Transforming the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the Pro-Innovation, Pro-Science U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation
[Artificial Intelligence](https://www.commerce.gov/ai)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Under the direction of President Trump, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced his plans to reform the agency formerly known as the U.S. AI Safety Institute into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI).
AI holds great potential for transformational advances that will enhance U.S. economic and national security. This change will ensure Commerce uses its vast scientific and industrial expertise to evaluate and understand the capabilities of these rapidly developing systems and identify vulnerabilities and threats within systems developed in the U.S. and abroad.
“For far too long, censorship and regulations have been used under the guise of national security. Innovators will no longer be limited by these standards. CAISI will evaluate and enhance U.S. innovation of these rapidly developing commercial AI systems while ensuring they remain secure to our national security standards,” said Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
CAISI will serve as industry’s primary point of contact within the U.S. Government to facilitate testing and collaborative research related to harnessing and securing the potential of commercial AI systems. To that end, CAISI will:
- Work with NIST organizations to develop guidelines and best practices to measure and improve the security of AI systems, and work with the NIST Information Technology Laboratory and other NIST organizations to assist industry to develop voluntary standards.
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