Here is a snapshot of what he had to say: "One of the challenges with defining artificial intelligence (AI) is that if you put 10 people in a room, you get 11 different definitions. It's a moving target. We haven’t converged yet on exactly what the definition is, but I think NIST can play an important role here. What we can't do, and what we never do, is go off in a room and think deep thoughts and say we have the definition. We engage the community. That said, we’re using a narrow working definition specifically for the satisfaction of the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, which makes us responsible for providing guidance to the federal government on how it should engage in the standards arena for AI."
Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. They might smash, shoot, submerge, or cook their phones, but forensics experts can often retrieve the evidence anyway. Now, researchers at NIST have tested how well these forensic methods work. A damaged phone might not power on, and the data port might not work, so experts use hardware and software tools to directly access the phone’s memory chips. These include hacking tools, albeit ones that may be lawfully used as part of a criminal investigation. Because these methods produce data that might be presented as evidence in court, it’s important to know if they can be trusted.
