Peer Watch

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.

China’s Cognitive AI Research

William Hannas, Huey-Meei Chang, Max Riesenhuber, and Daniel Chou
| July 2023

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.

Spotlight on Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence

Huey-Meei Chang and William Hannas
| May 2023

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.

An article published by Voice of America quoted CSET's Jacob Feldgoise. Feldgoise states that the Chinese government intends to encourage Chinese scientists to make foreign chokepoints irrelevant by financing research in chokepoint technologies.

CBC News published an article about China's alleged interference in the political processes of other countries, featuring insights from Anna Puglisi, CSET Director of Biotechnology Programs and Senior Fellow, who explained the role of China's United Front Work Department (UFWD).