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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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Part two of CSET's "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" is now available with insights examining how advances in AI could be exploited to enhance operations that automate disinformation campaigns.

Research Fellow Margarita Konaev highlights the role of Turkish drones in recent conflicts and Russia's stance on the issue.

Authors Ryan Fedasiuk, Jennifer Melot and Ben Murphy reveal large gaps in the U.S. export control system that allow the Chinese military to access equipment, information and capital originating in the United States in their latest report.

Part 1 of CSET's "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning can influence disinformation campaigns.

CSET's report "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns" unpacks how AI and machine learning technologies can shape disinformation campaigns.

CSET researchers argue that it will be hard for governments to harness the needed computational power to deploy an algorithm like GPT-3 against automated disinformation campaigns.

Director of Data Science and Research Catherine Aiken outlines how she tested frameworks for her report "Classifying AI Systems" in partnership with OECD.AI

In an opinion piece for The Diplomat, Ellen Lu and CSET's Ryan Fedasiuk examine whether China's new data regulations will hamper AI ambitions.

China’s SenseTime Postpones IPO After U.S. Blacklisting

Wall Street Journal
| December 13, 2021

A CSET report found that China's People's Liberation Army spends at least $1.6 billion each year on AI-related systems and equipment.

Help Wanted

The Wire China
| December 12, 2021

According to a CSET report, China has graduated more STEM PhD students than the United States since the mid-2000s and is set to graduate twice as many by 2025.