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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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Washington steels for Russian cyberattacks

Axios
| February 24, 2022

Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses potential targets for Russian cyberattacks amidst the Biden administration and CISA's defense preparations.

Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses a variety of ways the Biden administration and its allies are supporting Ukraine against Russian cyberattacks.

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.

CSET Research Fellow Katerina Sedova discusses the possibility of Russian cyberattacks targeting the United States if the U.S. sanctions Russia for an invasion into Ukraine.

Research Fellow Diana Gehlhaus calls for coordination across the DOD to cultivating talent who can advance the use of AI in an opinion piece for Defense One.

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."

Research Analyst Ryan Fedasiuk comments on the United States' latest Indo-Pacific strategy.