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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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Research Analyst Micah Musser lays out the power and limitations of AI-generated disinformation in The Inoculation podcast.

U.S. Still Playing Catch Up in Information Operations

National Defense Magazine
| February 11, 2022

According to a CSET report, disinformation campaigns are challenging the future of a U.S. information operations strategy.

Robot Hacking Games

IEEE Security & Privacy
| February 10, 2022

Research Analyst Dakota Cary’s report on China’s Robot Hacking Games and how these competitions explore the future of cybersecurity attacks and defense.

A report by the Peking University Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS) concluded that China will be worse off than the United States from a tech decoupling. CSET's Emily Weinstein discusses why the report was suddenly removed.

In an opinion piece for The Hill, CSET's Kayla Goode and Dahlia Peterson urge the United States to adopt AI education if it wants to compete with China's AI talent.

CSET's Margarita Konaev weighs in on the DOD's list of technological priorities and vision for deliverable military capabilities.

The next microchip crisis will be bigger

Axios
| January 31, 2022

CSET Research Analyst Will Hunt shares his thoughts on the global chip shortage.

In an interview with Grid, Katerina Sedova unpacks how artificial intelligence improves disinformation campaigns.

Can Russia back down in Ukraine?

Vox
| January 22, 2022

CSET's Margarita Konaev discusses future possible outcomes of Russia's military strategy amidst ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Axios cites CSET Research Analyst Emily Weinstein in a report outlining possible reforms to the Department of Justice's China Initiative.