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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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According to a CSET report, China's weaknesses in semiconductor manufacturing can be exploited through the use of export and investment controls.

According to a CSET study, Chinese universities will produce more than 77,000 STEM PhD graduates per year compared to U.S. universities.

In a CNN exclusive, CSET's Anna Puglisi comments on the United States' investigation into Huawei over national security concerns.

The use of TikTok has come under scrutiny in the Florida Senate race. NBC News reached out to Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk to learn more about the security concerns behind the popular Chinese-owned app.

Drawing from his CSET report "Silicon Twist," Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk shares how the U.S. can mitigate the Chinese military's acquisition of U.S.-manufactured AI chips in an interview with FedScoop.

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.

A recent CSET study finds that China is receiving access to artificial intelligence chips developed by U.S. companies.

What China Needs

The Wire China
| June 27, 2022

CSET Translation Manager Ben Murphy explains how U.S. policymaker's can leverage China's technological chokepoints.

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.

Biden’s War on Chinese Computer Chips Harms Americans

The National Interest
| June 12, 2022

A CSET study found that the United States currently builds fewer fabs than the rest of the world.