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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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Deputy Director of Analysis Margarita Konaev discussed the Russian military's setbacks in Ukraine.

In a study for Harvard's Misinformation Review, Research Fellow Josh Goldstein looks at how tactics used in political influence operations are used for commercial purposes.

Making War More Difficult to Wage

Foreign Affairs
| July 15, 2022

In an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs, Research Fellow Emily Weinstein detailed how the unprecedented response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered the culture around export controls, and how this changed environment presents an opportunity for the United States and its allies to create a new export control regime among like-minded democracies.

The White House supports transparency in American investment in critical sectors in China, but current export controls are not sufficient to prevent out-bound investment issues according to Research Fellow Emily Weinstein.

Why business is booming for military AI startups

MIT Technology Review
| July 7, 2022

In an interview with MIT Technology Review, Research Analyst Ngor Luong discussed the business boom of AI companies with military ambitions since the war in Ukraine.

The rise of China’s VC-industrial complex

The Economist
| June 27, 2022

China's use of guidance funds serves to deploy massive amounts of capital in support of strategic and emerging technologies. According to a CSET report, there were more than 1,300 city and district guidance funds by 2019. One city in central China has at least ten of them.

Sending cutting-edge technology to the frontline of Ukraine is an opportunity for the United States to get operational experience and give Ukrainians newer and helpful capabilities on the battlefield according to CSET Margarita Konaev.

In a May CSET webinar, Emily Weinstein and Kevin Wolf propose an export control regime that could effectively keep sensitive technologies from being missed by authoritarian governments and reduce pressure on the U.S. to impose unilateral controls.

Mission and Culture Will Drive AI Excellence at DOD, Top AI Leaders Say

Government CIO Media & Research
| June 7, 2022

The U.S. Department of Defense's bureaucratic structure could impede a robust AI culture according to CSET's Margarita Konaev.

Exploring India-U.S. Collaboration in Military AI

Takshashila Institution
| March 24, 2022

Husanjot Chahal explores US-Indian cooperation in military applications of AI in a podcast interview with the Takshashila Institution.