CSET congratulates Founding Director Jason Matheny on his new roles in the Biden administration: Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security, Deputy Director for National Security at @WHOSTP and Coordinator for Technology and National Security at @WHNSC
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- 📣 News Release! 📣 CSET is happy to announce an increase in grant funding, bringing our total funds to more than $100 million, to continue our work at the intersection of emerging tech and security.
- International students made up more than 40% of the 500k doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. universities between 2000 and 2019. And stay rates for foreign STEM PhDs are high — over 70% remain in the U.S. @jasonrileywsj cited a 2022 CSET report in his new piece for @WSJopinion.From @WSJopinion: Donald Trump has made the Harvard man his whipping boy, and academia certainly had it coming, writes @jasonrileywsj. Still, what is the president’s objective? on.wsj.com/4kDJt1s
- Beijing’s push for chip dominance has indeed yielded some success in recent years; however, due to lack of access to critical intangible expertise, China is likely to remain behind the United States in this supply chain. CSET's @emily_sw1 via @lseideas:
- A Ukrainian news outlet’s website and live broadcast were reportedly hacked and used to promote a #deepfake of President Zelenskyy. CSET researchers have been studying the threat of deepfakes for years. Check out this 🧵 for more.
- Thanks to a grant from the @Hewlett_Found, we're launching a new Cybersecurity & AI project, #CyberAI. CSET's @BuchananBen will lead a team exploring the effects of automation on cyber offense and defense. Learn more here: bit.ly/2ObLVQB
- 77% of international STEM PhDs who graduated between 2000 and 2015 still lived in the U.S. in 2017. The stay rate for Chinese and Indian nationals was even higher. For more, check out this new brief from @_jackcorrigan, James Dunham, and @r_zwetsloot: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/th…
- As reported earlier today, the Biden administration plans to release an executive order restricting 🇺🇸 private-equity & venture-capital investments in some 🇨🇳 tech companies. Our report takes a close look at U.S. investment into China's #AI ecosystem ⬇️
- What exactly are the differences between: 1️⃣ Generative AI 2️⃣ Large Language Models 3️⃣ Foundation Models Check out @hlntnr’s explainer:
- South Korea is among the handful of countries globally that produce the high-end chips needed for cutting-edge AI development. @colemcfaul, @HsjChahal, @RitaKonaev & Rebecca Gelles’ data brief dives deep on the 🇰🇷 AI ecosystem: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/as…
- 🎉New Report🎉 China is attempting to achieve AI ascendancy by 2030 through so-called “general artificial intelligence.” A new CSET report details the institutions, personalities, and technologies involved in China’s push.
- Policymakers are more aware of, and concerned about, Chinese talent programs, but the details of these initiatives remain foggy. CSET’s new data visualization provides a clearer view of more than 40 active and dormant Chinese talent programs. See more:
- CSET is seeking forecasters for Foretell, a pilot crowd forecasting project. @CSETForetell aims to channel the wisdom of the crowd and big-data analytics toward the question: what will the tech-security landscape look like in 2025?




