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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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Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn discusses the threats and vulnerabilities AI systems, especially the Pentagon's, are susceptible to in his recent CSET report Poison in the Well

What can the U.S. do to prevent cyberattacks from China?

Marketplace Public Radio
| July 19, 2021

CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn weighs in on the latest Microsoft cyberattack.

Microsoft Print Spooler, Kesaya ransomware mega-hack

Security Conversations
| July 6, 2021

Featured in Security Conversation's newsletter, Micah Musser's report "Machine Learning and Cybersecurity" is well worth the read.

A new CSET report by Micah Musser and Ashton Garriott explores the use of machine learning in cyber defense.

Research by CSET's Emily Weinstein discusses China's use of AI surveillance to monitor COVID-19 patients.

CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn weighs the strengths and weakness of AI used in cybersecurity.

CSET Research Analyst Emily Weinstein weighs in on U.S. technology companies relying on China for growth and contributing to Chinese surveillance systems.

Does Big Tech Hurt U.S. National Security?

Foreign Affairs
| April 20, 2021

How does big tech affect national security? CSET experts Ben Buchanan, Katerina Sedova, and Lorand Laskai give their input in this Foreign Affairs survey.

CSET Research Analyst Dakota Cary discusses the differences in work culture between cybersecurity workers in China and the United States.

CSET Research Analyst Dahlia Peterson discusses China’s latest surveillance program, Sharp Eyes, as well as technical limitations to accurately reporting censorship and physical surveillance.