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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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Should the US fear rising number of STEM PhDs in China?

University World News
| September 10, 2021

CSET Research Analyst Jack Corrigan spoke with University World News about China's dedication to tech talent through its STEM PhD growth.

CSET Director Dewey Murdick and Director of Operations Tessa Baker spoke with Georgetown's The Hoya about CSET's new $42 million grant.

CSET's Anna Puglisi unpacks how US exports are affecting China's access to scientific research equipment.

Algorithmic Warfare: How AI Could Go Disastrously Wrong

National Defense
| September 8, 2021

CSET's Director of Strategy Helen Toner sat down with National Defense to discuss AI failures from her and Zachary Arnold's CSET report "AI Accidents: An Emerging Threat."

A new CSET report "Headline or Trend Line? Evaluating Chinese-Russian Collaboration in AI" uses data-backed analysis to address the Sino-Russian partnership and its effect on U.S. strategic interests.

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.

In her testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CSET Senior Fellow Anna Puglisi discusses China's collection of genetic data.

AI in Automotive: Current and Future Impact

EE Times
| August 30, 2021

Looking at AI in the automotive industry, a CSET report "AI Accidents: An Emerging Threat" identifies AI failures and calls for a greater emphasis on research and development to improve safety.

Foretell's crowd forecasting can help predict the market of China's politics.

AI Safety Moves to the Forefront

EE Times
| August 23, 2021

Zachary Arnold and Helen Toner's CSET report "AI Accidents: An Emerging Threat" identifies requirements needed to achieve safer AI systems.