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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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CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by DefenseScoop. The article examines the Pentagon’s dispute with Anthropic over ethical guardrails on the military’s use of generative AI models.

CSET’s Kathleen Curlee shared her expert perspective in an article published by Fortune. The article examines the growing discussion around space-based data centers and whether orbital infrastructure could eventually help address the AI industry’s escalating energy demands.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert perspective in an article published by The New York Times. The article examines rising tensions between the United States Department of Defense and Anthropic over how artificial intelligence should be used on classified military systems, highlighting disagreements about safeguards and battlefield deployment.

CSET’s Helen Toner was featured on CNN News Central, where she discussed the accelerating global AI race and the challenges it poses. She explored China’s rapid advancement in AI, the shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents capable of performing complex tasks, and the growing use of AI to develop AI itself.

CSET’s William Hannas and CSIS’s Hugh Grant-Chapman were featured on the China Power podcast, where they discuss key findings from Hannas’s new CSET report, China’s Embodied AI: A Path to AGI, as well as the CSIS report Is China Leading the Robotics Revolution?

CSET’s Jack Karsten shared his expert perspective in an article published by CNN. The article looks at how artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work, using radiology as an example of how AI can support professionals on the job.

The AI race: US and China defence sectors emerge as key battlegrounds

South China Morning Post
| February 5, 2026

CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert perspective in an article published by the South China Morning Post. The article examines the AI competition between the United States and China, rising US defense spending proposals, and how both countries are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into their military systems.

The Complicated Politics of Trump’s New AI Executive Order

The National Interest
| January 29, 2026

CSET’s Vikram Venkatram, Mina Narayanan, and Jessica Ji shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. The article analyzes the Trump administration’s new AI executive order and its attempt to limit state-level AI regulation, examining the legal, political, and governance challenges this approach creates.

CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert perspective in an article published by WIRED. The article explores the U.S. reversal on AI chip export controls, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s lobbying efforts, and how renewed sales of advanced chips to China could shape both U.S. and Chinese semiconductor strategies.

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.