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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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Soon, the Hackers Won’t Be Human

Foreign Affairs
| December 10, 2021

In an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs, CyberAI Director John Bansemer unpacks how AI can be leveraged for cyberattacks, while also bolstering cyber defense.

Findings from CSET's report "AI and the Future of Disinformation Campaigns, Part 1: The RICHDATA Framework" offers insight into the use of AI and machine learning to amplify disinformation campaigns.

Specifying Objectives is Key to AI Safety

EE Times
| December 1, 2021

A new CSET report by Tim Rudner and Helen Toner introduces specification in machine learning as a key element in greater AI safety.

Forbes highlights CSET's report, "China's Progress in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment," in a discussion of U.S. leverage over the semiconductor supply chain.

CSET's Will Hunt spoke with Ars Technica over the continuous demand for semiconductors and supply chain disruptions.

Does AI Present a New Attack Surface for Adversaries?

Air Force Magazine
| September 29, 2021

CSET's machine learning primer "Hacking AI" illustrates how hackers can access AI systems and argues for policymakers to build a robust and transparent AI for military systems.

CSET Research Analyst Dakota Cary discusses China's new Data Security Law and the effects of its cyber vulnerability disclosure provisions to hack other countries.

Separating AI cybersecurity hype from reality

Bank Automation News
| August 20, 2021

In Bank Automation New's latest podcast CSET's Micah Musser breaks down how AI and ML can heighten and hinder security, and how financial institutions can separate marketing fiction from cybersecurity reality.

Drawing from his research, Andrew Lohn discusses GPT-3's ability to create disinformation at the 2021 Black Hat conference.

Chinese Cyberthreats: The Impact on National Security

Gov Info Security
| August 5, 2021

In her testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CSET Senior Fellow Anna Puglisi discussing U.S. implications if China loses its "technological edge" to China.