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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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China’s Military AI Wish List

Emelia Probasco, Sam Bresnick, and Cole McFaul
| February 2026

This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the authors reviewed offer insights into the PLA’s priorities and ambitions for AI-enabled military technologies associated with C5ISRT: command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.

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U.S. Demand for AI-Related Talent Part II: Degree Majors and Skills Assessment

Autumn Toney and Melissa Flagg
| September 2020

Future U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence will require a robust AI workforce. This data brief analyzes market demand for AI-related jobs to determine the skills necessary in the field. It concerns jobs considered both “core AI” and “AI-adjacent.”

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The Chipmakers

Will Hunt and Remco Zwetsloot
| September 2020

Technical leadership in the semiconductor industry has been a cornerstone of U.S. military and economic power for decades, but continued competitiveness is not guaranteed. This issue brief exploring the composition of the workforce bolstering U.S. leadership in the semiconductor industry concludes that immigration restrictions are directly at odds with U.S. efforts to secure its supply chains.

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China AI-Brain Research

William Hannas, Huey-Meei Chang, Catherine Aiken, and Daniel Chou
| September 2020

Since 2016, China has engaged in a nationwide effort to "merge" AI and neuroscience research as a major part of its next-generation AI development program. This report explores China’s AI-brain program — identifying key players and organizations and recommending the creation of an open source S&T monitoring capability within the U.S. government.

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System Re-engineering

Melissa Flagg and Paul Harris
| September 2020

The United States must adopt a new approach to R&D policy to optimize the diversity of the current system, manage the risks of system dispersion and deliver the benefits of R&D to society. This policy brief provides a new framework for understanding the U.S. R&D ecosystem and recommendations for repositioning the role of the federal government in R&D.

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CSET Publishes AI Policy Recommendations for the Next Administration

September 2020

CSET has prepared policy recommendations for the next presidential administration to consider in five areas key to U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.

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An Alliance-Centered Approach to AI

Andrew Imbrie and Ryan Fedasiuk
| September 2020

Collaborating with allies to shape the trajectory of artificial intelligence and protect against digital authoritarianism

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Open-Source Intelligence for S&T Analysis

Tarun Chhabra, William Hannas, Dewey Murdick, and Anna Puglisi
| September 2020

Establishing a new open-source National Science and Technology Analysis Center

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Bolstering U.S. Research Security

Melissa Flagg and Zachary Arnold
| September 2020

Establishing a new public-private institution to improve American research security

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Optional Practical Training

Zachary Arnold and Remco Zwetsloot
| September 2020

Preserving pathways for high-skilled foreign talent critical to U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.

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Multilateral Controls on Hardware Chokepoints

Carrick Flynn and Saif M. Khan
| September 2020

Protecting international security and human rights by using multilateral controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and advanced chips