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CSET’s CyberAI Project focuses on the intersection of AI/ML and cybersecurity, including analysis of AI/ML’s potential uses in cyber operations, the potential failure modes of AI/ML applications for cyber, how AI/ML may amplify future disinformation campaigns, and geostrategic competition centered around cyber and AI/ML.

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AI System-to-Model Innovation

Jonah Schiestle and Andrew Imbrie
| July 2025

System-to-model innovation is an emerging innovation pathway in artificial intelligence that has driven progress in several prominent areas over the last decade. System-level innovations advance with the diffusion of AI and expand the base of contributors to leading-edge progress in the field. Countries that can identify and harness system-level innovations...

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Anticipating AI’s Impact on the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance

Andrew Lohn
| May 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to change cybersecurity. This report takes a comprehensive look across cybersecurity to anticipate whether those changes will help cyber defense or offense. Rather than a single answer, there are many ways that AI will help both cyber attackers and defenders. The report finds that there...

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How to Assess the Likelihood of Malicious Use of Advanced AI Systems

Josh A. Goldstein and Girish Sastry
| March 2025

As new advanced AI systems roll out, there is widespread disagreement about malicious use risks. Are bad actors likely to misuse these tools for harm? This report presents a simple framework to guide the questions researchers ask—and the tools they use—to evaluate the likelihood of malicious use.

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Beyond Corporate Promises

Kendrea Beers
| June 30, 2025

Frontier AI capabilities show no sign of slowing down so that governance can catch up, yet national security challenges need addressing in the near term. This blog post outlines a governance approach that complements existing commitments by AI companies. This post argues the government should take targeted actions toward AI...

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How Prize Competitions Enable AI Innovation

Ali Crawford
| June 10, 2025

Federal prize competitions can help the U.S. government build a research and development ecosystem that incentivizes AI and cyber innovation and delivers for the American people. Over the last five years, prize competitions for AI and cyber innovation increased nearly 60%. When leveraged effectively, federal prize competitions offer unique benefits...

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How to Improve AI Red-Teaming: Challenges and Recommendations

Jessica Ji
| March 21, 2025

Despite recent upheaval in the AI policy landscape, AI evaluations—including AI red-teaming—will remain fundamental to understanding and governing the usage of AI systems and their impact on society. This blog post draws from a December 2024 CSET workshop on AI testing to outline challenges associated with improving red-teaming and suggest...

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AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here’s why

May 14, 2024
In an article published by NPR which the discusses the surge in AI-generated spam on Facebook and other social media platforms, CSET's Josh A. Goldstein provided his expert insights.
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How Spammers, Scammers and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth

March 19, 2024
In a new preprint paper, CSET's Josh A. Goldstein and the Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta explored the use of AI-generated imagery to drive Facebook engagement.
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Deepfakes, Elections, and Shrinking the Liar’s Dividend

January 23, 2024
In an article published by the Brennan Center for Justice, Josh A. Goldstein and Andrew Lohn delve into the concerns about the spread of misleading deepfakes and the liar's dividend.
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Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies

December 15, 2023
In a WIRED article discussing issues with Microsoft's AI chatbot providing misinformation, conspiracies, and outdated information in response to political queries, CSET's Josh A. Goldstein provided his expert insights.
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Digital literacy amid the rise of artificial intelligence in elections

November 9, 2023
In a KCBS Radio segment that explores the rapid rise of AI and its potential impact on the 2024 election, CSET's Josh Goldstein provides his expert insights.
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AI must have better security, says top cyber official

July 18, 2023
In a BBC article that discusses the urgent need to integrate cybersecurity measures into artificial intelligence systems, CSET's Andrew Lohn provided his expert analysis.
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