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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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The Wire China
| December 12, 2021

According to a CSET report, China has graduated more STEM PhD students than the United States since the mid-2000s and is set to graduate twice as many by 2025.

China’s state-sponsored industrial espionage is part of a larger system

Marketplace Public Radio
| December 9, 2021

CSET's Anna Puglisi offers her analysis on China's use of state-sponsored espionage for science and technology development.

Beijing’s Strategic Blueprint Is Changing as Tensions Grow

Foreign Policy
| December 3, 2021

In an opinion piece for Foreign Policy, research analysts Ryan Fedasiuk and Emily Weinstein lay out key resources at the heart of the U.S.-China competition.

Even on U.S. Campuses, China Cracks Down on Students Who Speak Out

ProPublica
| November 30, 2021

CSET Senior Fellow Anna Puglisi discusses China's efforts to stifle free speech among its citizens abroad, including university students in the United States.

As U.S. Hunts for Chinese Spies, University Scientists Warn of Backlash

The New York Times
| November 28, 2021

CSET Senior Fellow Anna Puglisi discusses the implications of the U.S. Department of Justice's China Initiative and the intensified scrutiny of Chinese academic researchers at U.S. universities.

As U.S. Spies Look To The Future, One Target Stands Out: China

NPR
| November 16, 2021

CSET Senior Fellow Anna Puglisi discusses China's new systematic approach to acquiring new technologies through U.S. companies and universities.

China’s next generation of hackers won’t be criminals. That’s a problem.

TechCrunch
| November 12, 2021

In an op-ed for TechCrunch, CSET Research Analyst Dakota Cary examines China's evolution of state-sponsored hackers for cyber espionage.

How the Defense industry is playing catch-up in artificial intelligence

Federal News Network
| November 12, 2021

CSET's Ngor Luong spoke the Federal News Network's "Federal Drive with Tom Temin" to discuss defense companies' investment in AI.

China invests in artificial intelligence to counter US Joint Warfighting Concept: Records

Breaking Defense
| November 10, 2021

Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk reveals China's artificial intelligence intentions in an op-ed for Breaking Defense.

We Spent a Year Investigating What the Chinese Army Is Buying. Here’s What We Learned.

Politico Magazine
| November 10, 2021

In an opinion piece for Politico Magazine, Ryan Fedasiuk highlights China's adoption of artificial intelligence into its military systems using evidence from his CSET report.