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CSET's Will Hunt spoke with Ars Technica over the continuous demand for semiconductors and supply chain disruptions.

CSET Research Fellow Michael Page and Director of Data Science Catherine Aiken discussed how crowd forecasting methods can help to better understand tricky policy questions.

Why Indonesia’s Youth Hold the Key to its Tech Sector Progress

Council on Foreign Relations
| October 18, 2021

Drawing from their CSET report, experts Kayla Goode and Heeu Millie Kim discuss how Indonesia's education and workforce development hold the keys to its AI potential.

CSET's September webinar with experts Andrew Lohn, Katerina Sedova, and Micah Musser raise alarms on how AI technology, specifically GPT-3, can generate disinformation.

Does AI Present a New Attack Surface for Adversaries?

Air Force Magazine
| September 29, 2021

CSET's machine learning primer "Hacking AI" illustrates how hackers can access AI systems and argues for policymakers to build a robust and transparent AI for military systems.

Professor acquittal – Is China Initiative out of control?

University World News
| September 25, 2021

Research Analyst Emily Weinstein spoke with University World News about continued collaboration between Chinese and American university researchers amidst tensions from the China Initiative.

Building a Framework to Trust AI

EE Times
| September 24, 2021

CSET's Director of Strategy Helen Toner guest-starred on the EE Times' podcast to discuss what safe and reliable AI looks like.

CSET submitted this comment to the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation to support the work of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force to develop an implementation roadmap that would provide AI researchers and students across scientific disciplines access to computational resources, high-quality data, educational tools, and user support.

According to a CSET report, tech professionals expressed positive and neutral views on working with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Unwanted Foreign Transfers of U.S. Technology: Proposed Prevention Strategies

William Hannas Huey-Meei Chang
| September 10, 2021

The transfer of national security relevant technology—to peer competitors especially—is a well-documented problem and must be balanced with the benefits of free exchange. The following propositions covering six facets of the transfer issue reflect CSET’s current recommendations on the matter.