“A lot of the policy discussion remains, ‘Let’s throw more money at it; let’s get more AI, bigger AI, better AI,’” CSET's Tim Hwang said. “But that is still not working at the level of granularity we really need to think about what, specifically, do we want to advance to ensure U.S. leadership in this space." He weighed in Congress' latest efforts to support federal AI research.

"More than 80 percent of international doctoral students in artificial intelligence remain in the country after graduation." Two recent CSET reports were cited in the Atlantic to make the case for immigration reform to boost American innovation.

On the 75th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear test, CSET's Jason Matheny shares a reflection on the importance of evaluating risks as new emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are deployed.

New ICE restrictions on foreign students speed up a trend that make it slower and costlier for immigrants to come to the United States, write Zachary Arnold and Tina Huang. America’s historic near-monopoly on the global market for foreign talent is fading.

The Chinese official response to President Trump's visa suspension has been “critical but relatively muted,” according to a CSET media reaction brief by Emily Weinstein and Dahlia Peterson.

In March, CSET partnered with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as well as leading research groups, to develop the COVID-19 Open Research Database. The project produced early findings about the disease—including the COVID-19 protein structure and risk factors.

Narrow export controls can deny the Chinese government tools for techno-authoritarianism while preserving trade between the United States and China. Carrick Flynn makes the case for a two-part export control plan in Brookings TechStream.

“In the past five years, each of America's key economic competitors has instituted policies to attract highly skilled STEM talent," said CSET’s Tina Huang. She and Remco Zwetsloot joined the ChinaTalk podcast to discuss AI and immigration policy.

“America’s key competitors are going in a different direction,” said CSET's Tina Huang. “Historically the US has relied on talent from elsewhere to fuel the country’s technological dominance, and its key competitor nations are aware of this.” She spoke with MIT Technology Review about her recent report on immigration policy and tech competition.

What factors motivate the decisions of AI PhDs as they decide where to work after graduation? CSET's Catherine Aiken and Remco Zwetsloot joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss their new data brief on career motivations of AI talent.