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1 big thing: AI could soon improve on its own

Axios
| January 27, 2026

A CSET workshop report was highlighted in an segment published by Axios in its Axios+ newsletter. The segment explores the growing push toward automating AI research and development, examining how far AI systems might go in designing, improving, and training other AI models and what that could mean for innovation, safety, and governance.

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Research Analyst Micah Musser lays out the power and limitations of AI-generated disinformation in The Inoculation podcast.

In an interview with Grid, Katerina Sedova unpacks how artificial intelligence improves disinformation campaigns.

In reporting on Biden Administration actions to attract and retain STEM talent, Reuters cites CSET's work analyzing the pace of STEM PhD graduation rates in China and the United States.

China falls silent about it recruitment efforts

Science Magazine
| January 20, 2022

China's information on talent recruitment efforts seemed to start disappearing around the launch of the United State's China Initiative according to Research Analyst Emily Weinstein.

Privacy is Power

Foreign Affairs
| January 19, 2022

In an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs, a team of CSET authors alongside coauthors make the case for the use of privacy-enhancing technologies to protect personal privacy.

CSET Research Analyst Emily Weinstein joins the Lawfare podcast to discuss the Justice Department's China Initiative, and in particular the case of Dr. Charles Lieber.

50 Global Hubs for Top AI Talent

Harvard Business Review
| December 21, 2021

In an analysis on diversity within AI tech talent, a CSET report found that black workers constitute only 11.8% of the AI tech workforce.

Part two of CSET's "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" is now available with insights examining how advances in AI could be exploited to enhance operations that automate disinformation campaigns.

Part 1 of CSET's "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning can influence disinformation campaigns.

Help Wanted

The Wire China
| December 12, 2021

According to a CSET report, China has graduated more STEM PhD students than the United States since the mid-2000s and is set to graduate twice as many by 2025.