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

Remco Zwetsloot recommends improving disclosure & transparency practices across government agencies and other institutions to avoid problems with coercion & theft. Read More

Many have sounded the alarm over the loss of U.S.-educated talent to other countries—especially China. Is the perceived brain drain real? A CSET research team finds little evidence of U.S. talent loss. Read More

CSET research shows more than 80 percent of international students receiving Ph.D.s in artificial intelligence remain in the U.S. for at least five years. That’s good, write Remco Zwetsloot and Zach Arnold, because America’s tech sector relies on foreign-born talent. Read More