Remco Zwetsloot recommends improving disclosure & transparency practices across government agencies and other institutions to avoid problems with coercion & theft.

Many have sounded the alarm over the loss of U.S.-educated talent to other countries—especially China. Is the perceived brain drain real? A CSET research team finds little evidence of U.S. talent loss.

CSET research shows more than 80 percent of international students receiving Ph.D.s in artificial intelligence remain in the U.S. for at least five years. That’s good, write Remco Zwetsloot and Zach Arnold, because America’s tech sector relies on foreign-born talent.

"As American strategy reorients toward strategic competition, critical considerations of surety, security and reliability around AI/ML applications should not be cast aside," write Andrew Imbrie and Elsa Kania.

Artificial intelligence poses unique challenges in a complex policy landscape. Programs in AI education for congressional staff—like the one piloted by CSET’s Ben Buchanan—could help national security professionals navigate this landscape.

Talent from overseas is essential to U.S. AI research & development, says Remco Zwetsloot. Policies that might restrict that talent flow should be carefully considered to avoid reducing the current U.S. advantage.

"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.