The Testing Risks of AI for National Security (TRAINS) Taskforce brings together experts from Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, NSA, and NIH to address national security concerns and strengthen American leadership in AI innovation. Today, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

AI is a technology like no other in human history. Historically, when new technologies emerge, certain tasks are automated which leads to disruptions in the job market. But over time, workers find new jobs which ultimately made us more productive and more prosperous. But AI is different. AI won't just automate one tool or task. It has the potential to replace the human mind – and with that, all of...

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), as represented by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) , announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed earlier this year to collaborate on safety research, testing, and evaluation of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and systems. This partnership is a key example of the Biden...

Leading up to the inaugural convening of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes , Commerce Department highlights implementation of President Biden’s historic AI Executive Order, which tasked the Department with numerous responsibilities to spur the safe development, deployment and adoption of responsible AI. Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo marked the one-year anniversary...

Building on HSC’s Decades-Long Presence in Michigan, Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Help Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience and Create Over 1,000 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $325 million in...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will travel to Rome, Italy from October 10-11 to participate in the G7 Industry and Technological Innovation Ministerial, which will bring together government leaders from Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union to discuss challenges facing G7 nations’ economies. Among other issue areas, during...

Department unveils first-of-its kind diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool as Secretary Raimondo and Deputy Secretary Graves highlight how the Commerce Department is working to make America’s supply chains more resilient. Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), hosted the inaugural Supply Chain Summit. Bringing together leaders...

At the Supply Chain Summit, the Department of Commerce announced that the following actions will be undertaken by the Industry & Analysis (I&A) business unit within the International Trade Administration: New efforts to build the U.S. Government’s analytical capacity to understand and address supply chain risk: Launched SCALE Tool: Department of Commerce’s Supply Chain Center unveiled a first-of...

This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of 4 new experts to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee ( NAIAC ), which advises the President and the White House on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). The committee, launched in 2022, provides recommendations on topics including the current state of U.S. AI competitiveness...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Ken Saito held a ministerial meeting of the Japan-United States Commercial and Industrial Partnership (JUCIP). During the meeting, the Secretary and Minister expressed deep concern about the weaponization of economic dependencies as well as the use of non-market policies and practices on certain...