The National Institute of Standards and Technology could dismiss up to 500 employees, according to multiple reports, cuts that threaten further to an incipient ia security organization.
Axios reported this week that the US Institute of AI. UU. (AISI) and for America, both part of NIST, would be “destroyed” by layoffs aimed at test employees (which are generally in their first year or two at work) . AND Bloomberg said Some of those employees had already received a verbal notice of the next endings.
Even before the last dismissal reports, Aisi’s future was Looking uncertain. The Institute, which is supposed to study risks and develops standards around the development of AI, was created last year as part of the then president Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Ia Safety. President Donald Trump He repealed that order On their first day back in office and the director of Aisi It started at the beginning of February.
Fortune spoke with several Safety and Safety organizations of AI who criticized the dismissals reported.
“These cuts, if confirmed, would severely affect the government’s ability to investigate and address critical security concerns of AI at a time when such experience is more vital than ever,” said Jason Green-Lowe, executive director of the center of AI politics.