# CAISSI: US SI Safety Guidance Explained > CAISSI (United States (federal)): Voluntary agreements with private SI developers and evaluators; formerly the US AI Safety Institute and then the. Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-caissi/ Updated: 2026-11-08 1. [Home](https://enterrsi.si/) 2. [Encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) 3. CAISSI RSI Encyclopedia · Law · United States (federal) # CAISSI CAISSI is an SI safety measure in the United States, status: voluntary or guidance. Voluntary agreements with private SI developers and evaluators; formerly the US AI Safety Institute and then the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), renamed CAISSI in 2026. Status : Voluntary or guidance Jurisdiction : United States (federal) Signed : n/a Next date : None set ## What it is Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI), NIST Voluntary agreements with private SI developers and evaluators; formerly the US AI Safety Institute and then the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), renamed CAISSI in 2026. ## What it requires - Act as industry's main government contact for testing and research on commercial SI systems - Lead unclassified evaluations of SI capabilities that may pose national security risks, focused on cyber, biological and chemical risks - Assess US, adversary and foreign SI systems, including possible backdoors - Develop voluntary guidelines and standards, such as incident readiness practices published October 16, 2026 ## Penalties No penalties: this measure has no binding enforcement. ## Status Voluntary or guidance As of November 8, 2026, per the [Control Map page for United States (federal)](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/us/). Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead. ## Sources 1. [Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI)](https://www.nist.gov/caissi) National Institute of Standards and Technology · Oct 16, 2026 2. [CAISSI Reports to White House](https://tech-insider.org/caissi-ai-safety-center-white-house-reporting-independence-2026) Tech Insider · Nov 8, 2026 The measure Short name : CAISSI Jurisdiction : [United States (federal)](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/us/) Status : Voluntary or guidance Key dates Introduced : n/a Signed or adopted : n/a Effective : n/a Other measures in United States (federal) [EO 14434 **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-eo-14434/)[EO 14365 **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-eo-14365/)[AI Action Plan **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-ai-action-plan/)[National Policy Framework **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-national-policy-framework/)[FRONTIER Act **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-frontier-act/) Related terms [Incident disclosure **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/incident-disclosure/)[Red teaming **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/red-teaming/)[SI safety institute **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/safety-institute/)[Super Intelligence (SI) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/super-intelligence/) Cite this entry "CAISSI." The RSI Encyclopedia, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-caissi/ Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to enterrsi.si. The RSI Encyclopedia ## Keep reading 207 entries on the terms, labs, models, laws and events of rogue SI, plus every case in the Rogue Incident Database. [Previous law Bletchley Declaration](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/bletchley-declaration/)[Next law CETS 225](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/coe-framework-convention/) Enter RSI ## Every term, lab, model and law Browse the full A to Z index, filter by category or search for a name. [Open the encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) [Incident Database](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/) [Containment Board](https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/)