NIST Launches Center for AI in Manufacturing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance AI use in American manufacturing. Photo courtesy GE Appliances
GAITHERSBURG, MD—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has expanded its collaboration with the nonprofit MITRE Corp. as part of its efforts to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence technology. NIST is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance AI-based technology.
The AI Economic Security Center for U.S. Manufacturing Productivity and the AI Economic Security Center to Secure U.S. Critical Infrastructure from Cyberthreats will drive the development and adoption of AI-driven tools. The centers will develop the technology evaluations and advancements that are necessary to protect U.S. dominance in AI innovation, address threats from adversaries’ use of AI, and reduce risks from reliance on insecure AI.
“This investment will help accelerate the application of AI in American manufacturing and help drive the American manufacturing renaissance,” says Deputy Secretary of Commerce Paul Dabbar. “We can harness AI to increase the competitiveness of our manufacturers and attract investment in America.”
According to Dabbar, the initiative is “an important step in implementing NIST’s Strategy for American Technology Leadership in the 21st century to accelerate the progress of critical and emerging technologies from development to adoption, in close partnership with U.S. industry.”
“Our goal is to remove barriers to American AI innovation and accelerate the application of our technologies around the world,” adds Craig Burkhardt, acting NIST director. “This new agreement with MITRE will focus on enhancing the ability of U.S. companies to make high-value products more efficiently, meet market demands domestically and internationally, and catalyze discovery and commercialization of new technologies and devices.”
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