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CSET produces evidence-driven analysis in a variety of forms, from informative graphics and translations to expert testimony and published reports. Our key areas of inquiry are the foundations of artificial intelligence — such as talent, data and computational power — as well as how AI can be used in cybersecurity and other national security settings. We also do research on the policy tools that can be used to shape AI’s development and use, and on biotechnology.

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CSET’s 2025 Annual Report

Center for Security and Emerging Technology
| March 31, 2026

Each year, CSET’s annual report highlights our work and impact across technology and security issues. It shows how our research, convening, and engagement contribute to important policy conversations on emerging technologies.

In 2025, CSET advanced its mission to inform high-stakes decisions through rigorous, evidence-based analysis of the security implications of emerging technologies. Our independent research examines issues at the intersection of technology and security.

You can view a web version of our annual report or download it below.

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Read our translation of a guide that announces China’s funding priorities for explainable and generalizable AI basic research in 2025.

Read our translation of draft measures that describe a process for ethics reviews of Chinese scientific research.

Read our translation of a draft Chinese policy document from 2021 that lays out a basic framework for assessing ethical problems with scientific research.

Read our translation of China’s catalog of prohibited and restricted exports, as revised in December 2023.

Read out translation of an interview of Chinese AI expert Song-Chun Zhu, who argues that China’s AI industry should chart a different course than the current U.S. focus on data- and compute-heavy large language models.

Read our translation of a Chinese government policy document that encourages the creation of “new-style R&D institutions,” which differ from traditional Chinese laboratories and research institutes in that they are not state-run and have additional sources of income besides government funding.

Read our translation of statements issued by four Chinese industry associations condemning the December 2, 2024 U.S. sanctions against Chinese companies.

Read our translation of a draft Chinese national standard addressing the safety and security of generative AI services.

Read our translation of a notice from China’s Ministry of Commerce that bans the export of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials to the United States.

Read our translation of a Beijing Municipal industrial policy that describes how the city government plans to integrate AI into a wide variety of industries in 2024 and 2025.