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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 new grant will contribute to the CyberAI Project's research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Will China Set Global Tech Standards?

China File
| March 22, 2022

Director of Strategy Helen Toner explored China's tech standards in China File.

Research Analyst Dakota Cary discusses China's use of cyber schools to strengthen its cyber talent.

Hacking Poses Risks for Artificial Intelligence

SIGNAL Online
| March 1, 2022

CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn discusses the potential for AI and machine learning software to be susceptible to data poisoning.

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.

The US government is ending the China Initiative. Now what?

MIT Technology Review
| February 23, 2022

Research Analyst Emily Weinstein discusses the end of the U.S. Department of Justice's China Initiative and its after-effects for academia.

The Surveillance Stake

The Wire China
| February 20, 2022

Emily Weinstein comments on the use of a Chinese surveillance system and its connection to American financial backing.

How China is using AI for warfare

Analytics India Magazine
| February 21, 2022

CSET's "Harnessed Lightning" outlined China's prioritization of AI's usage for military applications.

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

The AI Race with the PRC & What is to be Done?

The John Batchelor Show
| February 15, 2022

CSET Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk joined the John Batchelor Show "Eye on the World" to discuss China's use of AI and his key findings from "Harnessed Lightning."