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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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In her coauthored report, CSET Research Analyst Dahlia Peterson offers recommendations for democratic governments and civil society to rein in the unchecked spread and use of surveillance technology.

Research Analyst Will Hunt recommends allocating at least $23 billion of the $37 billion manufacturing incentives in the CHIPS Act for leading-node logic chips if the U.S. wants to produce advanced technological military equipment.

In his testimony before the Senate Armed Forces Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn touched on AI's capabilities within cybersecurity offensive and defensive operations.

Sending cutting-edge technology to the frontline of Ukraine is an opportunity for the United States to get operational experience and give Ukrainians newer and helpful capabilities on the battlefield according to CSET Margarita Konaev.

In a May CSET webinar, Emily Weinstein and Kevin Wolf propose an export control regime that could effectively keep sensitive technologies from being missed by authoritarian governments and reduce pressure on the U.S. to impose unilateral controls.

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.

In an analysis of China's use of guidance funds, a CSET study found that guidance funds are poorly conceived and implemented, and that the mechanism as a whole is often inefficient.

According to Research Analyst Will Hunt, leading node chips are necessary if the United States wants to maintain its technological military edge.

Mission and Culture Will Drive AI Excellence at DOD, Top AI Leaders Say

Government CIO Media & Research
| June 7, 2022

The U.S. Department of Defense's bureaucratic structure could impede a robust AI culture according to CSET's Margarita Konaev.

CSET's Anna Puglisi discussed the Chinese government's means to acquire tech and trade secrets within the semiconductor industry after Dutch semiconductor manufacturer ASML accused Beijing firms Dongfang Jingyuan Electron Ltd. and Xtal Inc. for IP theft.