Reports

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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Read our translation of a plan from the Chinese equivalent of NASA that attempts to smooth the path for the development of commercial space companies in China.

Read our translation of China's industrial policy for the application of AI technology in the manufacturing sector, which features a big push for agentic AI.

Reports

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.

Read our translation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) list of priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), from the CCP's Fourth Plenum in October 2025.

Reports

Physical AI

John VerWey
| February 2026

This paper examines the convergence of artificial intelligence and robotics, analyzing the emerging field of Physical AI. It provides a detailed overview of the supply chain challenges, competitive dynamics, and policy considerations that define this potentially transformative emerging technology.

Reports

When AI Builds AI

Helen Toner, Kendrea Beers, Steve Newman, Saif M. Khan, Colin Shea-Blymyer, Evelyn Yee, Ashwin Acharya, Kathleen Fisher, Keller Scholl, Peter Wildeford, Ryan Greenblatt, Samuel Albanie, Stephanie Ballard, and Thomas Larsen
| January 2026

Leading artificial intelligence companies have started to use their own systems to accelerate research and development, with each generation of AI systems contributing to building the next generation. This report distills points of consensus and disagreement from our July 2025 expert workshop on how far the automation of AI R&D could go, laying bare crucial underlying assumptions and identifying what new evidence could shed light on the trajectory going forward.

Data Snapshot

Artificial Intelligence Patent Clusters

Katherine Quinn and Rebecca Gelles
| January 12, 2026

Data Snapshots are informative descriptions and quick analyses that dig into CSET’s unique data resources. Our three-part series introducing CSET’s patent clusters concludes with a preview of artificial intelligence (AI) patents. Read on to see how AI patents are distributed across different areas of innovation and industrial sectors to feed new areas of scientific and commercial growth.

CSET submitted the following response to the White House Office of Science and Technology in support of its "Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise initiative.

Translation

Translation Snapshot: Chinese Generative AI Safety Standards

Ben Murphy
| December 19, 2025

Translation Snapshots are short posts that highlight related translations produced by CSET’s in-house translation team. Each snapshot identifies relevant translations, provides short summaries, and links to full translations. Check back regularly for additional Translation Snapshots highlighting our work.

Read our translation of a Chinese industrial policy designed to spur the development of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology.