NIST issues plan for AI standards that includes testing related to cybersecurity

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a plan for federal engagement in developing standards and tools to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence technology, which calls for a process whereby systems can be tested for attributes that contribute to cybersecurity.

“One of the recommendations is to start doing evaluations, but before we can start doing that, we have to do enough research to come up with the metrics,” Elham Tabassi, the acting chief of staff of NIST’s...