In a recent NPR radio segment, CSET's Emily S. Weinstein shared her insights regarding the new regulations aimed at restricting U.S. investments in key technologies in China, along with the Biden administration's decision to block advanced microchip exports to China. Read More

CSET's Anna Puglisi was cited in an article by CNN that delves into China's efforts to become a global leader in the biosciences by investing billions of dollars and collecting vast amounts of genetic data from its 1.4 billion population. Read More

As policymakers decide how best to regulate AI, they first need to grasp the different types of harm that various AI applications might cause at the individual, national, and even societal levels. To better understand AI harm, this blog post presents some key components and characteristics. Read More

In a thought-provoking op-ed featured in Lawfare, CSET's Zachary Arnold and Micah Musser delve into the dynamic discourse surrounding the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Read More

In his op-ed featured in Defense One, Jaret Riddick discusses the need for the Pentagon to leverage existing laws and new metrics to enhance the research capacity of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. Read More

The much-anticipated National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES) provides a comprehensive set of strategic objectives for training and producing more cyber talent by prioritizing and encouraging the development of more localized cyber ecosystems that serve the needs of a variety of communities rather than trying to prescribe a blanket policy. This is a much-needed and reinvigorated approach that understands the unavoidable inequities in both cyber education and workforce development, but provides strategies for mitigating them. In this blog post, we highlight key elements that could be easily overlooked. Read More

Drawing from prior CSET research, this blog post describes different domestic and international initiatives the Chinese government and companies are pursuing to shore up investment in AI and meet China’s strategic objectives, as well as indicators to track their future trajectories. Read More

In his op-ed featured in Breaking Defense, CSET's Sam Bresnick from offers a deep dive into China's remarkable progress in bolstering space resilience, with a specific focus on tactically responsive space launch (TRSL). Read More

In celebration of Disability Pride Month, the CSET Inclusion Alliance invited guest speaker Linnea Lassiter to shed light on the intersection of technology policy and people with disabilities. Lassiter's insights aimed to encourage learning from, supporting, and celebrating the disabled community. Read More

Large language models (LLMs) could potentially be used by malicious actors to generate disinformation at scale. But how likely is this risk, and what types of economic incentives do propagandists actually face to turn to LLMs? New analysis uploaded to arXiv and summarized here suggests that it is all but certain that a well-run human-machine team that utilized existing LLMs (even open-source ones that are not cutting edge) would save a propagandist money on content generation relative to a human-only operation. Read More