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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 Matthias Oschinski and Mina Narayanan shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by Newsweek. The article challenges the common framing of innovation versus regulation in AI policy, arguing that the more important question is what innovation is ultimately for and who benefits from it.

CSET’s Lauren Kahn and Michael C. Horowitz of the University of Pennsylvania shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by Asia Times. The article explores how Iran’s use of low-cost drones is reshaping modern warfare by combining scale and precision, a shift the authors describe as "precise mass."

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by DefenseScoop. The article examines the Pentagon’s push to transition the Maven Smart System (MSS) into a formal program of record, expanding its role as an AI-enabled platform that integrates military data, accelerates targeting decisions, and supports operations across combatant commands.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by The New York Times. The article examines the accelerating global race to develop A.I.-powered autonomous weapons and how nations are integrating these systems into modern warfare.

CSET’s Jacob Feldgoise shared his expert analysis in an article published by Bloomberg. The article examines how staffing shortages, licensing bottlenecks, and shifting policy direction at the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security could slow U.S. efforts to expand global AI chip exports.

Mapping the AI Governance Landscape: April 2026 Update

MIT AI Risk Repository
| April 9, 2026

🔔 The number of AI-related governance documents continues to grow rapidly, but what risks, mitigations, and other concepts do these documents actually cover?

MIT AI Risk Initiative researchers expanded their pipeline with CSET to map over 1,000 AI governance documents from the AGORA dataset to several extensible taxonomies. These taxonomies cover AI risks, actors, industry sectors, AI lifecycle stages, legislative status, and AI system technical scope, complementing AGORA’s thematic taxonomy of risk factors, harms, governance strategies, incentives for compliance, and application areas.

CSET’s Hanna Dohmen shared her insight in an article published by The Washington Post. The article examines new bipartisan legislation in the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would expand U.S. export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and push allied countries to align more closely with Washington’s chip restrictions in the competition with China.

CSET’s Lauren Kahn shared her expert insight in an article published by WIRED. The article examines the U.S. Army’s development of an internal AI chatbot system called Victor, designed to help soldiers access operational knowledge and mission-critical information drawn from real military data and past combat experiences.

CSET’s Kathleen Curlee shared her expert insight in an article published by Reuters. The article examines how NASA’s Artemis progress is intensifying geopolitical competition with China as both countries advance plans for crewed lunar missions and long-term presence on the Moon.

CSET’s Katie Caroll shared her expert perspective in an op-ed published by The Hill. In the piece, she explains that the ability to rapidly retrain AI models in crises may determine battlefield adaptability and presents a critical challenge for U.S. military readiness.