{"abstract":"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, previously announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (\"AISIC\") through a publication dated November 2, 2023 (88 FR 75276). AISIC brought together more than 280 organizations to develop science-based and empirically backed guidelines and standards for artificial intelligence (AI) measurement, laying a foundation for global AI metrology. Through this succeeding notice, NIST is announcing the retitling of AISIC as the NIST Artificial Intelligence Consortium (\"Consortium\"), revising the scope of the Consortium's research, and reissuing its invitation to organizations to submit letters of interest in order to collaborate with NIST, non-profit organizations, industry leaders, universities, and other agencies of the Federal Government in addressing the challenges associated with the development and deployment of AI-based innovations. In support of NIST's directives under the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-283), in accordance with Executive Order 14179 issued January 23, 2025 (Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence), and as mandated by America's AI Action Plan, issued July 2025, NIST will utilize the Consortium to empower the collaborative establishment of a new measurement science that will enable the identification of proven, scalable, and interoperable techniques and metrics to promote the development and use of AI. Interested organizations should describe the technical expertise and products, data, and/or models that they will bring to the Consortium to support the Consortium's collaborative research activities. Participation in the Consortium is open to all interested organizations that can contribute their expertise, products, data, and/or models to the Consortium activities. Selected participants will be required to enter into a Consortium Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIST. At NIST's discretion, entities that are not legally permitted to enter into CRADAs pursuant to law may be allowed to participate in the Consortium under a separate non-CRADA agreement. Organizations that are already members of the Consortium (\"Consortium Members\") are not required to reapply to NIST but may be asked to sign amendments to their current agreements with NIST that reflect the refocused direction of the Consortium.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","id":352,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/352","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-institute-of-standards-and-technology"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/05/29/2026-10779.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"91 FR 32007","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The Consortium's collaborative research activities are ongoing. NIST will accept letters of interest from new organizations to participate in this Consortium on an ongoing basis with regular periods of review for new applicants, likely occurring biannually. The first period of review will begin within 60 days of the publication of this notice, and selection determinations will subsequently be communicated to applicants. Existing Consortium Members will not be required to submit new letters of interest but may be asked to sign amendments to their current agreements within a similar timeframe.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No.: NIST 2026-0034"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2026-10779","effective_on":null,"end_page":32009,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2026/05/29/2026-10779.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10779/nist-artificial-intelligence-consortium","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2026-10779?publication_date=2026-05-29","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2026-05-29/2026-10779/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":1236,"last_updated":"2026-06-10 20:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-29/pdf/2026-10779.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10779.pdf?1779972326","publication_date":"2026-05-29","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/05/29/2026-10779.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0693-XC13":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0693-XC13"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2026-05-29T09:00:10Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":32007,"subtype":null,"title":"NIST Artificial Intelligence Consortium","toc_doc":"Artificial Intelligence Consortium","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":91}