Cybersecurity Policy Report, NIST, AI Developers to Collaborate on Security Testing, (May 5, 2026)
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has signed agreements with three AI (artificial intelligence) developers that will enable security testing of “frontier” AI models, CAISA announced today.
The agreements with Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., and x.AI Corp. will enable “testing in classified environments,” the center said in a news release.
“Through these expanded industry collaborations, CAISI will conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research to better assess frontier AI capabilities and advance the state of AI security,” it said.
“CAISI’s agreements with frontier AI developers enable government evaluation of AI models before they are publicly available, as well as post-deployment assessment and other research. To date, CAISI has completed more than 40 such evaluations, including on state-of-the-art models that remain unreleased,” the center explained.
“Independent, rigorous measurement science is essential to understanding frontier AI and its national security implications,” said CAISI Director Chris Fall. “These expanded industry collaborations help us scale our work in the public interest at a critical moment.”
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