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Chris Fall

ROLE FORMER HEAD, FEDERAL AI TESTING INSTITUTEAT COMMERCE DEPARTMENTMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN JULY 21, 2026
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Chris Fall is a scientist and federal policy veteran who serves as Director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology within the U.S. Commerce Department. He previously served in the first Trump administration as director of the Office of Science at the Department of Energy. His career spans federal agencies and academia, with a focus on scientific leadership and the mitigation of large-scale risks.

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hire·StrictlyVC·JULY 21, 2026

Chris Fall has resigned after just three months leading the federal AI testing institute that evaluates unreleased models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI, marking another shift in the Trump administration's fast-changing approach to AI oversight.

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