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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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Georgetown’s Katerina Sedova talked about Russia’s use of cyberattacks as part of its attack on Ukraine on C-SPAN.

How China built a one-of-a-kind cyber-espionage behemoth to last

MIT Technology Review
| February 28, 2022

Dakota Cary's testimony before the U.S.-China Commission caught the attention of MIT Technology Review for his findings and recommendations on countering China's hacking capabilities.

Washington steels for Russian cyberattacks

Axios
| February 24, 2022

Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses potential targets for Russian cyberattacks amidst the Biden administration and CISA's defense preparations.

Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses a variety of ways the Biden administration and its allies are supporting Ukraine against Russian cyberattacks.

In his testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Research Analyst Dakota Cary outlines China's cyberespionage capabilities.

CSET Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses the possibility of Russian cyberattacks targeting the United States if the U.S. sanctions Russia for an invasion into Ukraine.

Research Fellow Diana Gehlhaus calls for coordination across the DOD to cultivating talent who can advance the use of AI in an opinion piece for Defense One.

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.

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.