"Over two decades, the international arena of digital competition has become ever more aggressive," writes CyberAI Director Ben Buchanan in his forthcoming book, The Hacker and the State.

Margarita Konaev weighs in on the future military environment on "The Convergence" podcast, drawing from her experience in emerging technologies, military applications of artificial intelligence, and urban warfare in the Middle East, Russia, and Eurasia.

CSET’s Remco Zwetsloot and Dahlia Peterson examine the U.S. advantage over China in recruiting overseas talent to work in emerging tech. They describe deep-rooted reasons for the differences – and the way the United States can maintain its edge.

Western tech companies and investors “really must take a hard look at what they are doing" in connection with China's surveillance efforts and human rights, CSET's Dahlia Peterson notes in this story.

Talent is core to U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence, and international graduate students are a large source of AI talent for the United States. Graduate student retention has been a historical U.S. strength, but that strength is endangered by recent trends, finds a new CSET report.

A recent CSET report concludes that 80% of international students remain in the U.S. after graduation. Yet recent events threaten the U.S. AI talent advantage, including a potential end to the OPT program. "This would be a really bad development for the U.S. from an AI competitiveness perspective," says lead author Remco Zwetsloot.

The largest problem Chinese AI companies face “may be the dawning realization on investors that, although it seems promising, in most areas AI just isn’t ready for the big time,” says CSET’s Helen Toner.

China isn’t spending as much as it says it is on AI R&D, according to a new CSET report. Authors Zachary Arnold and Ashwin Acharya dispute the common belief that China is pouring tens of billions of dollars into AI.

While China enjoys a number of great universities and companies, especially in certain AI subfields, “many people remain hesitant to move to China due to the political environment, quality of life concerns & workplace issues,” says Remco Zwetsloot.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Hewlett Foundation, CSET is launching a new Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence project to be led by Ben Buchanan. The project will examine the potential risks of AI in cyberspace and national security.