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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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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.

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.

In a piece examining Google's work on various AI projects, Axios highlights the potential for AI to turbocharge disinformation campaigns and cites CSET's work examining this possibility.

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.

Big Tech Goes to War

Foreign Affairs
| October 19, 2022

In her coauthored article for Foreign Affairs, Senior Fellow Emelia Probasco discusses the role of U.S. technology in conflict, particularly in the war in Ukraine.

In an opinion piece for Lawfare, Research Analyst Micah Musser discussed the new regulations that entered into effect in China requiring companies deploying recommendation algorithms to file details about those algorithms with the Cyberspace Administration of China.

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.