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Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (NIST AI 600-1)
National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2024
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- What it is
- A companion to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework that covers risks specific to generative AI. Its introduction gives a working definition of generative AI, which it takes from a 2023 US executive order.
- How much weight it carries
- An official NIST publication developed with a public working group. It is voluntary guidance, not a statute, and its definition is a working one. It quotes a definition from an executive order that was later revoked.
Facts taken from this source
- NIST's 2024 Generative AI Profile defines generative AI as the class of AI models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content, which it says can include audio and text.
“the class of AI models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content. This can include images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content.” (Section 1, Introduction, footnote 1)