The Diplomat interviews William C. Hannas and Huey-Meei Chang on myths and misinformation that have persisted in the policy ecosystem around China's development of AI.

CSET’s Helen Toner shared her expert analysis in an article published by The New York Times. The article discusses how Chinese-born researchers continue to play a critical role in advancing U.S. artificial intelligence, even amid heightened political tensions and growing immigration barriers.

CSET’s Helen Toner shared her expert analysis in an article published by The Wall Street Journal. The article discusses China’s accelerated push to compete with the U.S. in generative artificial intelligence.

Lauren A. Kahn co-authored an analysis published by the Council on Foreign Relations alongside Erin D. Dumbacher and Michael C. Horowitz. The piece examines proposed reforms to the Pentagon’s acquisition system, which aim to speed the delivery of military capabilities and strengthen the U.S. defense enterprise in the face of emerging global challenges.

CSET’s Hanna Dohmen shared her expert analysis in an article published by CNBC. The article discusses how China continues to advance in artificial intelligence despite U.S. restrictions on access to Nvidia’s most advanced chips.

On July 31, 2025, the Trump administration released “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan.” CSET has broken down the Action Plan, focusing on specific government deliverables. Our Provision and Timeline tracker breaks down which agencies are responsible for implementing recommendations and the types of actions they should take.

CSET’s Ali Crawford shared her expert perspective in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In her piece, she explores how science fiction, from Black Mirror and Her to Cyberpunk 2077, reveals that the true danger of artificial intelligence is not killer robots but the corporate systems quietly reshaping human behavior and autonomy.

China and the U.S. are in a close race for AI supremacy. Helen Toner, CSET executive director, explains the different strategies, with China focusing on open-source development and the U.S. relying on big tech dominance, and what “winning” in AI actually means.

🔔 The number of AI-related governance documents is rapidly proliferating, but what risks, mitigations, and other concepts do these documents actually cover?

MIT AI Risk Initiative researchers Simon Mylius, Peter Slattery, Yan Zhu, Alexander Saeri, Jess Graham, Michael Noetel, and Neil Thompson teamed up with CSET’s Mina Narayanan and Adrian Thinnyun to pilot an approach to map over 950 AI governance documents to several extensible taxonomies. These taxonomies cover AI risks and actors, industry sectors targeted, and other AI-related concepts, complementing AGORA’s thematic taxonomy of risk factors, harms, governance strategies, incentives for compliance, and application areas.

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University is thrilled to announce the Founding Members of the CSET Advisory Board: Lauren Bedula, Michael Brown, The Honorable Alan Estevez, Michael J. Howard, Joel Meyer, and The Honorable Dr. Sarah Sewall.

"Each of our Advisory Board members has made significant contributions to U.S. national security and competitiveness. We will benefit immensely from their experience, as well as their willingness to work across aisles and teams in both the public and private sector to execute good emerging tech policy,” said Helen Toner, Executive Director of CSET.