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In the news section, our experts take center stage in shaping discussions on technology and policy. Discover articles featuring insights from our experts or citing our research. CSET’s insights and research are pivotal in shaping key conversations within the evolving landscape of emerging technology and policy.

Dewey Murdick and Miriam Vogel shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by Fortune. In their piece, they highlight the urgent need for the United States to strengthen its AI literacy and incident reporting systems to maintain global leadership amid rapidly advancing international competition, especially from China’s booming AI sector.

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China’s Stranded Astronauts Show the Dangers of Space Junk

Scientific American
| November 7, 2025

CSET’s Lauren Kahn shared her expert analysis in an article published by Scientific American. The article discusses the growing dangers of space debris and how increasing orbital traffic threatens satellites, space stations, and human space missions.

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 Jessica Ji shared her expert analysis in an article published by Fortune. The article discusses the broader trends in AI companionship and adult-oriented content, the growing demand for emotionally engaging interactions with AI, and the challenges companies face in balancing user freedom with safety and age verification.

Mapping the AI Governance Landscape

MIT AI Risk Repository
| October 15, 2025

🔔 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.

Why Donald Trump’s AI Strategy Needs More Safeguards

The National Interest
| July 24, 2025

Adrian Thinnyun and Zachary Arnold shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they examine how the United States must adopt a learning-focused, industry-led self-regulatory framework for AI, drawing lessons from the nuclear sector’s post-Three Mile Island Institute for Nuclear Power Operations to prevent a public backlash and ensure safe, widespread deployment of transformative AI technologies.

CSET’s Lauren A. Kahn and CFR's Michael C. Horowitz shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by AI Frontiers. In their piece, they examine the growing calls to regulate artificial intelligence in ways similar to nuclear technology.

Fixing the Pentagon’s Broken Innovation Pipeline

The National Interest
| June 25, 2025

CSET’s Lauren A. Kahn and CFR’s Michael C. Horowitz shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they explore how the U.S. Department of Defense’s outdated budget process is undermining the military’s ability to adopt and scale emerging technologies quickly enough to deter rising global threats.

Dewey Murdick and Miriam Vogel shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by Fortune. In their piece, they highlight the urgent need for the United States to strengthen its AI literacy and incident reporting systems to maintain global leadership amid rapidly advancing international competition, especially from China’s booming AI sector.

Phase two of military AI has arrived

MIT Technology Review
| April 15, 2025

A CSET report was highlighted in an article published by MIT Technology Review. The article discusses the U.S. military’s growing use of generative AI—such as chatbot-style tools modeled after ChatGPT—for intelligence analysis and decision support during deployments.

Dewey Murdick and William Hannas shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they discussed China's approach to artificial intelligence and the lessons it offers to American policymakers.