Applications

CSET Deputy Director of Analysis Margarita Konaev expects to see AI software applied in warfare in the new year.

In an opinion piece for Lawfare, CSET Policy Communications Specialist Owen Daniels examined the prospects for AI applications initiating a new “revolution in military affairs.”

CSET Senior Fellow Emelia Probasco shared her thoughts on the National Defense Authorization Act developments and the DOD's push to implement AI technology.

A CSET report found that that at least 1,681 state and local governments across 49 states purchased technologies from the banned companies between 2015 and 2021.

CSET's "Banned in D.C." found that few U.S. states have followed the U.S. government’s lead on trying to prohibit the procurement of foreign information and telecommunications technologies.

In a report for the Observer Research Foundation, Research Analyst Husan Chahal writes about the ethics of artificial intelligence and how the multitude of efforts across such a diverse group of stakeholders reflects the need for guidance in AI development.

CSET report "Banned in D.C." found that despite federal efforts to block Chinese telecom equipment from U.S. supply chains, state and local governments across the country continued to buy products designated a threat to national security.

In an interview with Nextgov, Research Analyst Jack Corrigan discussed his latest report and U.S. approached to foreign technology threats.

Big Tech Goes to War

Foreign Affairs
| October 19, 2022

In her coauthored article for Foreign Affairs, Senior Fellow Emelia Probasco discusses the role of U.S. technology in conflict, particularly in the war in Ukraine.

A Common Language for Responsible AI

Emelia Probasco
| October 2022

Policymakers, engineers, program managers and operators need the bedrock of a common set of terms to instantiate responsible AI for the Department of Defense. Rather than create a DOD-specific set of terms, this paper argues that the DOD could benefit by adopting the key characteristics defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in its draft AI Risk Management Framework with only two exceptions.