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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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Reuters cited a report by Emily S. Weinstein and Ngor Luong from CSET. The report focuses on identifying the primary American investors involved in the Chinese artificial intelligence market and highlights the list of AI companies in China that have received investments from the United States.

CSET Deputy Director of Analysis Margarita Konaev expects to see AI software applied in warfare in the new year.

In an opinion piece for Lawfare, CSET Policy Communications Specialist Owen Daniels examined the prospects for AI applications initiating a new “revolution in military affairs.”

CSET Senior Fellow Emelia Probasco shared her thoughts on the National Defense Authorization Act developments and the DOD's push to implement AI technology.

A CSET report found that that at least 1,681 state and local governments across 49 states purchased technologies from the banned companies between 2015 and 2021.

CSET's "Banned in D.C." found that few U.S. states have followed the U.S. government’s lead on trying to prohibit the procurement of foreign information and telecommunications technologies.

Xi Jinping’s big bang for Chinese stockmarkets

The Economist
| November 22, 2022

CSET's Ngor Luong discusses Chinese guidance funds with The Economist.

In a report for the Observer Research Foundation, Research Analyst Husan Chahal writes about the ethics of artificial intelligence and how the multitude of efforts across such a diverse group of stakeholders reflects the need for guidance in AI development.

CSET report "Banned in D.C." found that despite federal efforts to block Chinese telecom equipment from U.S. supply chains, state and local governments across the country continued to buy products designated a threat to national security.

In an interview with Nextgov, Research Analyst Jack Corrigan discussed his latest report and U.S. approached to foreign technology threats.