NIST AI RMF / update

Update · 2023-01-26 · publication

NIST releases AI Risk Management Framework 1.0

NIST published the voluntary AI Risk Management Framework.

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This update belongs to NIST AI RMF. Read the parent policy page for the full instrument.

What changed

Fact

Release established a federal voluntary reference for organisational AI risk management.

NIST published the voluntary AI Risk Management Framework.

Operational consequence

Analysis

Created the principal US federal voluntary AI risk-management baseline.

The consequence statement is limited to what the linked evidence and event record support.

Supporting passages

Fact

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  • NIST states the AI RMF is intended for voluntary use. NIST’s AI RMF overview describes the framework as voluntary and designed to improve trustworthiness risk management.

The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is intended for voluntary use and to improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation of AI products, services, and systems.

NIST AI RMF overview page · Overview of the AI RMF

Limits

Limits

Other laws or contracts may still require RMF-aligned practices even though the framework text is voluntary.

An update page records a dated change. It does not replace the full vehicle text or later amendments.

Parent policy

Instrument
guidance · Published (voluntary)

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

US federal voluntary framework for managing AI trustworthiness risks across design, development, use and evaluation.

Evidence

Source basis

NIST states the AI RMF is intended for voluntary use

NIST’s AI RMF overview describes the framework as voluntary and designed to improve trustworthiness risk management.

The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is intended for voluntary use and to improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation of AI products, services, and systems.
National Institute of Standards and Technology · NIST AI RMF overview page · Overview of the AI RMF