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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 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.

In reporting on Biden Administration actions to attract and retain STEM talent, Reuters cites CSET's work analyzing the pace of STEM PhD graduation rates in China and the United States.

As U.S. officials reportedly weigh instituting export controls targeting Russian industry, CSET Research Analyst Will Hunt discusses the implications of potential curbs on semiconductor exports on Russia's strategic technology ambitions.

China falls silent about it recruitment efforts

Science Magazine
| January 20, 2022

China's information on talent recruitment efforts seemed to start disappearing around the launch of the United State's China Initiative according to Research Analyst Emily Weinstein.

Privacy is Power

Foreign Affairs
| January 19, 2022

In an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs, a team of CSET authors alongside coauthors make the case for the use of privacy-enhancing technologies to protect personal privacy.

Open Source

The Wire China
| January 16, 2022

In an interview with The Wire China, CSET's Ryan Fedasiuk discusses China’s crackdown on public information and the lengths he goes to ensure his open sources remain available for his investigative research on China.

In an analysis of different countries' use of artificial intelligence to combat COVID-19, Research Analyst Emily Weinstein offers a brief highlighting China's COVID response using AI.