CSET’s Helen Toner was featured on CNN News Central, where she discussed the accelerating global AI race and the challenges it poses. She explored China’s rapid advancement in AI, the shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents capable of performing complex tasks, and the growing use of AI to develop AI itself. Read More

Ambitious projects to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery such as the Genesis Mission aim to unlock large federal datasets and incentivize private-sector participation. This blog examines how federal prize competitions—recognized in the Genesis Mission, the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and recommendations from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology—can serve as effective implementation tools. Drawing on recent scientific prize competitions highlight lessons for designing incentives that advance national biotechnology and AI research priorities. Read More

CSET’s Pablo Chavez shared his expert insights in an op-ed published by Lawfare. In the piece, he examines how the United States is promoting “sovereign AI” abroad, offering partners deployment control using American technology, even as many countries pursue sovereignty to reduce reliance on U.S. systems and policy discretion. Read More

CSET’s William Hannas and CSIS’s Hugh Grant-Chapman were featured on the China Power podcast, where they discuss key findings from Hannas’s new CSET report, China’s Embodied AI: A Path to AGI, as well as the CSIS report Is China Leading the Robotics Revolution? Read More

CSET’s Jack Karsten shared his expert perspective in an article published by CNN. The article looks at how artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work, using radiology as an example of how AI can support professionals on the job. Read More

CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert perspective in an article published by the South China Morning Post. The article examines the AI competition between the United States and China, rising US defense spending proposals, and how both countries are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into their military systems. Read More

CSET’s Kathleen Curlee shared her expert analysis in an article published by Reuters. The article explores the emerging concept of space-based data centers and how companies like SpaceX are working to move AI infrastructure beyond Earth. Read More

A CSET report was highlighted in an article published by The Diplomat. The article examines People’s Liberation Army (PLA)-linked research into lethal, autonomous drone swarms for urban warfare, particularly in a potential conflict over Taiwan. It explains how the PLA’s push toward "intelligentization" seeks to delegate battlefield decision-making to AI, enabling strikes with minimal human oversight. Read More

CSET’s Vikram Venkatram, Mina Narayanan, and Jessica Ji shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. The article analyzes the Trump administration’s new AI executive order and its attempt to limit state-level AI regulation, examining the legal, political, and governance challenges this approach creates. Read More

CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert perspective in an article published by WIRED. The article explores the U.S. reversal on AI chip export controls, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s lobbying efforts, and how renewed sales of advanced chips to China could shape both U.S. and Chinese semiconductor strategies. Read More