At the same time, NIST removed “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” from the list of expected skills for AISI members. On March 21, researchers signed and released the Scientific Consensus on AI Bias, affirming the “scientific consensus that AI can exacerbate bias and discrimination in society.” As the Scientific Consensus on AI Bias states, research on bias in AI has “been a basis for bipartisan and global policy makers for nearly a decade.”