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NIST: AI Standards Portal
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NIST's AI standards work is highly relevant to AI safety practitioners and policymakers; the AI RMF in particular has become a widely referenced baseline for organizational AI risk governance in the U.S. and internationally.
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Summary
NIST's AI Standards Portal serves as the central hub for federal and international AI standardization efforts, coordinating work on risk management frameworks, performance benchmarks, and trustworthy AI development guidelines. It provides access to key documents like the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and related publications aimed at guiding responsible AI deployment across sectors.
Key Points
- •Houses the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), a voluntary framework for organizations to manage AI-related risks
- •Coordinates U.S. participation in international AI standards bodies including ISO/IEC and ITU
- •Focuses on trustworthy AI properties: accuracy, explainability, privacy, reliability, safety, security, and bias mitigation
- •Provides resources for evaluating AI system performance and establishing testing/measurement methodologies
- •Serves as a key reference for federal agencies implementing AI governance under executive orders and policy directives
Review
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is playing a pivotal role in developing and coordinating AI standards across government and international bodies. Their approach emphasizes collaborative, open development of technical standards that promote innovation while ensuring responsible AI deployment through comprehensive risk management frameworks.
Key to NIST's strategy is the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), which seeks to align international standards, guidelines, and best practices for managing AI risks. By facilitating coordination through mechanisms like the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy and engaging globally, NIST aims to create a cohesive, adaptable approach to AI standardization that can help mitigate potential risks while encouraging technological advancement.
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On March 6, 2026, NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) AI Program hosted a webinar on the international AI standards landscape and ITL’s role, priorities, and progress . The webinar included an overview on the current state of the international AI standards ecosystem, and ITL’s progress in accelerating and broadening participation in the standardization process. ( View Recording )
NIST leads and participates in the development of technical standards, including international standards, that promote innovation and public trust in systems that use AI. A broad spectrum of standards for AI data, performance, and governance are – and increasingly will be – a priority for trustworthy and responsible AI. NIST carries out its work consistent with the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology .
NIST’s AI Standards “Zero Drafts” Pilot Project
NIST’s new AI Standards Zero Drafts project will pilot a process to broaden participation in and accelerate the creation of standards, helping standards meet the AI community’s needs and unleash AI innovation.
In this project, NIST will collect input on topics with a science-backed body of work and use it to develop “zero drafts”—preliminary, stakeholder-driven drafts of standards that are as thorough as possible. These drafts then will be submitted into the private sector-led standardization process as proposals for further development into voluntary consensus standards.
Global Engagement for AI Standards
NIST has developed a plan for global engagement on promoting and developing AI standards. The goal is to drive the development and implementation of AI-related consensus standards, cooperation and coordination, and information sharing. Reflecting public and private sector input, on April 29, 2024, NIST released a draft plan. On July 26, 2024, after considering public comments on the draft, NIST released A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards (NIST AI 100-5e2025).
Ensuring Awareness and Federal Coordination in AI Standards Efforts
In its role as federal AI standards coordinator, NIST works across the government and with
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