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NIST OWM-ANL Co-Host Inaugural EVSE Metrology Training Event

September 30, 2024

Several of the NIST OWM staff teamed up with Ted Bohn of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to deliver a one-day hybrid workshop and training event on electric...

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NIST Awards $3 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce Development

September 23, 2024

The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees.

U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI

August 29, 2024

In June 2025, AISI was re-established as CAISI by Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Today, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety...

NIST Awards Over $1.2 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Cybersecurity, Biopharmaceuticals, Semiconductors and More

May 15, 2024

The awards will fund research and development of new products relating to cybersecurity, quantum computing, health care, semiconductor manufacturing and other...

NIST Awards $3.6 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce Development

April 3, 2024

The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to 18 education and community organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled...

Shrinking Technology, Expanding Horizons: Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation and Other Applications

March 6, 2024

This technology shrinks a tabletop system into a chip-sized format, reducing power usage and making it more applicable for use in everyday devices.

NIST, Nonprofit Research Consortium to Develop Safety Tools for Synthetic Biology to Defend Against Potential Misuse of AI

February 16, 2024

The cooperative agreement is the next step in NIST’s fulfillment of the White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence.

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