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Crowd Outperforms Projections from Historical Data in Early Results

Foretell was CSET's crowd forecasting project focused on technology and security policy. It connected historical and forecast data on near-term events with the big-picture questions that are most relevant to policymakers. In January 2022, Foretell became part of a larger forecasting program to support U.S. government policy decisions called INFER, which is run by the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security at the University of Maryland and Cultivate Labs. Read More

CSET Experts in the News

From Chinese surveillance to trust in human-machine relationships, CSET continues to provide insight on the critical issues at the intersection of national security and emerging technology. Read More

Understanding Chinese Capital Markets to Reduce Risk in U.S. Investment

CSET experts Zachary Arnold and Emily Weinstein testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to discuss Chinese capital markets and offer recommendations to protect U.S. investment. Read More

With rising confidence, Xi Jinping wields the internet as a tool of empowerment and control, speeches reveal

CSET Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk discusses President Xi Jinping's use of the internet to serve the PRC. Read More

U.S.-China Meeting Will Set Tone for Relationship. Here’s What Investors Should Expect.

“Whatever we can do in our technology strategy to maintain that leverage now will have huge geopolitical and strategic relevance in the years ahead,” warns CSET Fellow Saif M. Khan before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ahead of the U.S.-China meetings. Read More

Partnerships, Leadership in Linchpin Technologies are Key to Maintaining the U.S. Edge in Emerging Tech

CSET Research Fellow Saif M. Khan testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss emerging technology and strategic competition between the United States and China. Read More

How China is building nightmarish surveillance state with cameras checking emotions and tracking ‘social credit’ with AI

CSET Research Analyst Dahlia Peterson discusses China's use of technological tools to enable its widespread surveillance system. Read More

Pentagon, Rivals to Play ‘Cat-and-Mouse Game’ with AI

CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn's work on machine learning vulnerabilities is cited in this article on the Department of Defense's efforts to adopt artificial intelligence technologies for a host of functions. Read More

Soldiers getting ‘constant’ practice with new robotic vehicles

FedScoop highlighted CSET's "U.S. Military Investments in Autonomy and AI" in a report on U.S. efforts to improve human operator trust in autonomous tools. Read More

Inside the New Cyber Cold War Between U.S., Russia and China

CSET Research Analyst Dakota Cary discusses the differences in work culture between cybersecurity workers in China and the United States. Read More