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To create the most extensive machine-readable dataset of coronavirus literature to date, CSET partnered with the White House OSTP, the Allen Institute for AI, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and NIH National Library of Medicine. Read More

The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset — CORD-19 — was created in response to a request from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, harnessing more than 24,000 articles about the COVID-19 disease. Read More

“This valuable new resource is the fruit of unselfish collaboration and now offers the opportunity to find answers to important questions about COVID-19,” said Dewey Murdick, CSET Director of Data Science, who coordinated the cross-team effort. Read More

CSET has coordinated an effort between the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine to offer the most comprehensive dataset to date on the coronavirus. Read More

The United States must collaborate with its allies and partners to shape the trajectory of artificial intelligence, promoting liberal democratic values and protecting against efforts to wield AI for authoritarian ends, CSET researchers said in a report released today. Read More

“There’s a case to be made that AI will help to solve some of the central problems of authoritarian regimes,” says CyberAI Director Ben Buchanan. “We need to think quite seriously about how to combat this and use this technology for democratic purposes.” Read More

"Higher ranks of Chinese military are now very interested in 5G and other emerging technologies and see real military potential," says CSET Visiting Researcher Lorand Laskai. Read More

A recent CSET report concludes that “China’s government probably isn’t dramatically outspending the U.S. government on AI R&D,” in contravention of popular notions of Chinese AI spending. Read More

CSET's Ben Chang reflects on the AI comparative advantage between the United States and China. “There's an assumption that AI is the means by which China will leapfrog the US in military power. But I think this is wrong.” Read More

CSET's Bill Hannas and Elsa Kania weigh in on technology transfer and China's Thousand Talents program, which numbers at least 10,000 scholars.  Read More