This data brief uses procurement records published by the U.S. Department of Defense and China’s People’s Liberation Army between April and November of 2020 to assess, and, where appropriate, compare what each military is buying when it comes to artificial intelligence. We find that the two militaries are prioritizing similar application areas, especially intelligent and autonomous vehicles and AI applications for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Drawing from prior CSET research, this blog post describes different domestic and international initiatives the Chinese government and companies are pursuing to shore up investment in AI and meet China’s strategic objectives, as well as indicators to track their future trajectories.

In an article published by The Washington Post, Helen Toner, CSET's Director of Strategy, shares her expert insight on the release of new regulations in China. These regulations are aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence technologies used in chatbots like ChatGPT align with the country's ideology.

An expert assessment of Chinese scientific literature validates China's public claim to be working toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). At a time when other nations are contemplating safeguards on AI research, China’s push toward AGI challenges emerging global norms, underscoring the need for a serious open-source monitoring program to serve as a foundation for outreach and mitigation.

In an article published by The Wall Street Journal, CSET's Emily S. Weinstein provides insights into the case of a former executive from Samsung Electronics who stands accused of leaking sensitive technology to build a chip factory in China.

In late 2020, China established the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence, a state-backed institution dedicated to building software that emulates or surpasses human cognition in many or all of its aspects. Open source materials now available provide insight into BIGAI’s goals, scope, organization, methodology, and staffing. The project formalizes a trend evident in Chinese AI development toward broadly capable (general) AI.

CSET's Helen Toner spoke with Axios in an article discussing China's lead over the U.S. in enacting rules for artificial intelligence.

CSET was among the think tanks mentioned in a Wall Street Journal story on China's recent tightening of restrictions on overseas access to open-source databases.

CSET's Hanna Dohmen was quoted by the South China Morning Post in an article discussing China's recent announcement of concerns about potential risks from artificial general intelligence.

CSET’s Hanna Dohmen spoke with the South China Morning Post about the Cyberspace Administration of China's (CAC) draft regulations aimed at generative AI services like ChatGPT.