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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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GovInfoSecurity published an article that quotes CSET's nonresident research fellow, Chris Rohlf, discussing the recently announced U.S. government national cybersecurity strategy.

China Threat Raises Stakes for Navy’s Cyber Offense Evolution

Bloomberg Government
| February 15, 2023

Bloomberg Government published an article featuring Margarita Konaev, the Deputy Director of Analysis at CSET. Konaev was quoted discussing the U.S. defense shift towards the Asia-Pacific region and the public perception surrounding it.

CSET Deputy Director of Analysis Margarita Konaev expects to see AI software applied in warfare in the new year.

In an opinion piece for Lawfare, CSET Policy Communications Specialist Owen Daniels examined the prospects for AI applications initiating a new “revolution in military affairs.”

CSET Senior Fellow Emelia Probasco shared her thoughts on the National Defense Authorization Act developments and the DOD's push to implement AI technology.

A CSET report found that that at least 1,681 state and local governments across 49 states purchased technologies from the banned companies between 2015 and 2021.

CSET's "Banned in D.C." found that few U.S. states have followed the U.S. government’s lead on trying to prohibit the procurement of foreign information and telecommunications technologies.

In a report for the Observer Research Foundation, Research Analyst Husan Chahal writes about the ethics of artificial intelligence and how the multitude of efforts across such a diverse group of stakeholders reflects the need for guidance in AI development.

CSET report "Banned in D.C." found that despite federal efforts to block Chinese telecom equipment from U.S. supply chains, state and local governments across the country continued to buy products designated a threat to national security.

In an interview with Nextgov, Research Analyst Jack Corrigan discussed his latest report and U.S. approached to foreign technology threats.