The American Department of Commerce has renamed its IA security institute at the Center for IA standards and innovation (CAISI), passing its objective of global security to the fight against national security risks and the prevention of “heavy and useless regulations” abroad. Commerce Secretary Howard Lux announced the change On June 3, calling for the agency’s overhaul of the agency “to assess and improve American innovation” and to “guarantee American domination of international AI standards”.
The IA security institute was announced in 2023 Under the former president Joe BidenPart of a global effort to create best practices for governments attenuating the risk of the AI system. He signed memorandums of understanding with large American AI companies, including Openai and Anthropic, to access new models and suggest improvements before the release. Towards the end of Biden’s mandate at the beginning of 2025, He has published directive projects To manage the risks of AI which included the use of systems to create biological weapons or other clear threats to national security, but also more common categories of harmful content such as children’s sexual equipment (CSAM).
Lutnick’s declaration indicates that the new institute “will focus on demonstrable risks, such as cybersecurity, biosecurity and chemical weapons” in its assessments. He will also study “a malignant foreign influence resulting from the use of AI systems of adversaries”, a category which probably includes Deepseek, a Chinese model of great language which shaken the American industry of AI earlier this year.
