National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Website

nist.gov (external site: nist.gov)

Ownership (separate from openness)

Public institution

NIST states that it is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.1Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Legal form

Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST states that Congress established it in 1901 and describes it as one of the country's oldest physical science laboratories.1

Headquarters

Gaithersburg, Maryland12

Other documented locations

Boulder, Colorado2; Rockville, Maryland (National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence)2

Founded

19011

Sectors

Research

This catalog assesses openness per artifact. Dioptra's source code is public on GitHub; its license file says that work by NIST employees is not subject to U.S. copyright and that copyright held by NIST is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The AI RMF 1.0 can be downloaded from NIST's website.11103Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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• NIST released the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0, NIST AI 100-1) on January 26, 2023. It is intended for voluntary use in managing risks associated with AI and is accompanied by an AI RMF Playbook, Roadmap, and Crosswalk. NIST added a Generative AI Profile (NIST-AI-600-1) on July 26, 2024, and released a concept note for an AI RMF profile on critical infrastructure on April 7, 2026. NIST's framework page states that AI RMF 1.0 is being revised as part of the White House AI Action Plan.3
• NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) built Dioptra, an open-source test platform for assessing trustworthy characteristics of AI models. NIST announced it in July 2024, and its README says it supports the Measure function of the AI RMF.91210
• NIST describes its center for AI evaluation as industry's main point of contact in the U.S. government for testing and collaborative research on commercial systems. The center develops voluntary guidelines, makes voluntary agreements with private-sector developers and evaluators, and leads unclassified capability evaluations that focus on risks such as cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons.45
• NIST news items through September 2026 call this center the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). As of October 1, 2026, nist.gov/caisi leads to a page for the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI). A NIST topic page states that NIST is updating its communications to use the term "super intelligence," as directed by a September 29, 2026 executive order.467

1. Sep 29, 2026 · Policy

   NIST adopts "super intelligence" wording and introduces its CAISSI center page

   NIST says it is updating its communications to use the term "super intelligence," as directed by a September 29, 2026 executive order titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence." As of October 1, 2026, NIST's center page describes the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI), while NIST news items published through September refer to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI). USASI is an independent project and is not affiliated with NIST or any government agency.

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2. Sep 17, 2026 · Research

   NIST's CAISI publishes an assessment of Z.ai's GLM-5.3 cyber capabilities

   On September 17, 2026, NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) published an assessment of the cyber capabilities of GLM-5.3, a model from the PRC-based company Z.ai, which released it in August 2026 and made its weights public two weeks later. CAISI ran the model as an agent with bash and Python tools on four benchmarks covering vulnerability discovery and exploit development, including its private CAISI OSS-Fuzz benchmark, and tested U.S. models with cyber safeguards disabled for comparison. The assessment compares GLM-5.3 with the U.S. and PRC models CAISI has evaluated, using per-benchmark results and an aggregate cyber capability index based on Item Response Theory, and notes that it does not compare against models that have been developed but not yet released.

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3. Aug 4, 2026 · Policy

   NIST signs an agreement with DOE's Office of Science to join the Genesis Mission

   On August 4, 2026, NIST announced that it and the Department of Energy's Office of Science had signed a memorandum of understanding to apply AI-accelerated innovation to national science and technology challenges tied to the Genesis Mission. The agencies will coordinate and share resources in biotechnology, quantum science, and materials design and discovery. NIST will carry out two efforts through its Centers for AI in Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure, a partnership with MITRE: one on AI-driven autonomous agents and human-in-the-loop robotics for manufacturing, and one on AI-based agents that detect and respond to cyberthreats against critical infrastructure. NIST describes both as two-year sprints.

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4. Jul 23, 2026 · Research

   UK AISI and NIST's CAISI publish a preliminary assessment of Kimi K3's cyber capabilities

   On July 23, 2026, NIST published a joint preliminary evaluation by the UK AI Security Institute and the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) of Kimi K3, a model Moonshot AI released on July 16, 2026. The page describes a small set of public and private benchmarks and reports results on ExploitBench, a public exploit-development benchmark developed by Carnegie Mellon University, and on "The Last Ones," a simulated corporate network attack range, comparing Kimi K3 with U.S. and PRC models. It also reports that Kimi K3's safeguards did not prevent it from attempting cyber exploit development or offensive cyber operations during the evaluations. The authors describe the results as preliminary.

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Eligibility policy

1. 1.
   About NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

2. 2.
   Visitor Information | NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

3. 3.
   AI Risk Management Framework | NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

4. 4.
   Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) | NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

5. 5.
   Guidelines | NIST (CAISSI) (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

6. 6.
   News and Events: Center for AI Standards and Innovation | NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

7. 7.
   Super intelligence | NIST (external site: nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

8. 8.
   Dioptra Overview — Dioptra 1.1.0 documentation (external site: pages.nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Documentation · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

9. 9.
   Motivation — Dioptra 1.1.0 documentation (external site: pages.nist.gov)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology · Documentation · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

10. 10.
    usnistgov/dioptra (GitHub repository) (external site: github.com)

    National Institute of Standards and Technology · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

11. 11.
    Dioptra LICENSE (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)

    National Institute of Standards and Technology · License · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

12. 12.
    Department of Commerce Announces New Guidance, Tools 270 Days Following President Biden's Executive Order on AI (external site: nist.gov)

    National Institute of Standards and Technology · Announcement · published Jul 26, 2024 · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026