Operationalizing AI Guidance: A Reference Guide for Translating High-Level Goals into Practical Implementation | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Organizations face growing pressure to adopt artificial intelligence, but often lack practical guidance on how to do so effectively. This report bridges the gap between high-level principles and real-...

✨New Report✨

Recommendations on AI are everywhere, practical implementation guidance is not.

Our latest report synthesizes 1,200+ resources into an actionable, structured guide to adopting AI systems.

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UX Engineer | Center for Security and Emerging Technology The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), under the School of Foreign Service, is hiring a UX Engineer.  In this role, the UX Engineer will own UX improvements end-to end, from user rese...

Join our team!

We are hiring a UX Engineer. If you are eager to blend technical skills with user engagement expertise to maximize our outreach efforts be sure to check out the role below!

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Frontier AI Research Lead | Center for Security and Emerging Technology CSET Frontier AI Research Lead The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) is currently seeking candidates to lead our Frontier AI research efforts, either as a Research Fellow or Senior Fe...

🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨

CSET is looking for the right person to build and lead our Frontier AI team! Ideal candidates bring deep expertise in frontier AI, large-scale model development compute infrastructure, or China's AI policy ecosystem.

Apply below!
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CSET's 2025 Annual Report | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Each year, CSET’s annual report highlights our work and impact across technology and security issues. It shows how our research, convening, and engagement contribute to important policy conversations ...

Read more about our work over the past year and what’s next for CSET in our annual report: cset.georgetown.edu/2025-annual-...

CSET's 2025 Annual Report | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Each year, CSET’s annual report highlights our work and impact across technology and security issues. It shows how our research, convening, and engagement contribute to important policy conversations ...

“Drawing on the experience, expertise, and energy of our dedicated researchers, we will tackle big questions and work to inform high-stakes decisions from D.C. to San Francisco and beyond.” - @hlntnr.bsky.social, CSET Interim Executive Director

Future-Ready: Building Tomorrow’s Tech Workforce | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Please join the Center for Security and Emerging Technology on Tuesday, March 10, for our 2026 Spring Symposium, which will include discussions on building the AI and emerging technology workforce. Th...

Join us tomorrow!

Be sure to sign up for our Spring Symposium, featuring Senator Blunt Rochester, @ashleyrgold.bsky.social, and others discussing the most important issues at the nexus of AI, emerging technology, and workforce policy.

Details below:
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CSET has received $2 million from Google.org to make scientific research more accessible. This new initiative will evaluate and implement new LLM-based methods to describe the global S&T landscape and identify emerging areas of activity.

Learn more: cset.georgetown.edu/article/geor...

Paul Haenle | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Paul Haenle is the Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Policy and Strategic Competitiveness at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he leads strategy and external engagement on policy issues shaping the fi...

CSET is delighted to welcome Paul Haenle to our Advisory Board.

Paul’s breadth of experience in national security, his deep expertise on China, and his service in the U.S. Army make him a valuable addition to the Advisory Board.

Read more about Paul: cset.georgetown.edu/staff/paul-h...

Future-Ready: Building Tomorrow’s Tech Workforce | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Please join the Center for Security and Emerging Technology on Tuesday, March 10, for our 2026 Spring Symposium, which will include discussions on building the AI and emerging technology workforce. Th...

What is the current state of U.S. AI training efforts? What can policymakers and educators do to make them better?

Join us on March 10 to explore answers to these questions and more at our 2026 Spring Symposium featuring @bluntrochester.senate.gov!

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Content and Digital Communications Lead | Center for Security and Emerging Technology The Center for Security and Emerging Technology, under the School of Foreign Service, is a research organization focused on studying the security impacts of emerging technologies, supporting academic ...

Last day to apply! We are looking for great writers who are:

☑️ Skilled in content and digital strategy
☑️ Passionate about tech and national security policy
☑️ Eager to contribute to a mission-focused organization

Join our team!
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China’s Military AI Wish List | Center for Security and Emerging Technology This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the autho...

@emmyprobasco.bsky.social, @sambresnick.bsky.social and @colemcfaul.bsky.social's new report shows a particular focus on countering naval and space advantages long held by the U.S. military⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

China’s Military AI Wish List | Center for Security and Emerging Technology This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the autho...

The PLA is experimenting with AI across all domains:
✅Land
✅Air
✅Sea
✅Space
✅Cyber
✅Cognitive

Content and Digital Communications Lead | Center for Security and Emerging Technology The Center for Security and Emerging Technology, under the School of Foreign Service, is a research organization focused on studying the security impacts of emerging technologies, supporting academic ...

Six days left to apply!

Be sure to submit your application for our Content and Digital Communications Lead position before February 23!

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China’s Embodied AI: A Conversation with William Hannas and Hugh Grant-Chapman | ChinaPower | CSIS Podcasts In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, William Hannas and Hugh Grant‑Chapman join us to discuss key findings from Bill’s new report, China’s Embodied AI: A Path to AGI, as well as the CSIS report ...

“China’s rapid move to embody AI is part of a broader effort, promoted by China’s premier AI research labs, to turn the Western formula of “big data, small task” on its head.”

Listen to CSET expert William Hannas on ChinaPower discussing his latest research.

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This job has become the ultimate case study for why AI won’t replace human workers | CNN Business Radiology has come up multiple times as an example of a field that’s been impacted by AI without replacing the need for human workers.

Curious how AI is being used in the field of radiology?

Research Fellow Jack Karsten shared his insights with
@cnn.com!

www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/t...

Content and Digital Communications Lead | Center for Security and Emerging Technology The Center for Security and Emerging Technology, under the School of Foreign Service, is a research organization focused on studying the security impacts of emerging technologies, supporting academic ...

Are you a great writer with digital media expertise? Are you eager to tackle today’s biggest tech policy issues?

Then apply to join our team! We’re hiring for a Content and Digital Communications Lead. Deadline is February 23. More details below!

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The Complicated Politics of Trump’s New AI Executive Order The administration’s attempt to suppress state AI regulation risks legal backlash, bipartisan resistance, and public distrust, undermining the innovation it seeks to advance.  The Trump administration...

Excited to share a new op-ed by @minanrn.bsky.social, @jessicaji.bsky.social, and myself for the National Interest!

The administration's new AI Executive Order, aiming to suppress state-level AI regulation, risks undermining the innovation it seeks to advance.

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When AI Builds AI | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Leading artificial intelligence companies have started to use their own systems to accelerate research and development, with each generation of AI systems contributing to building the next generation....

Claude Code and other AI agents are making strides at automating coding. What are the chances that future generations of AI automate more and more of the AI R&D cycle, leading to a recursive self-improving loop?

Our latest report investigates ⬇️

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When AI Builds AI | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Leading artificial intelligence companies have started to use their own systems to accelerate research and development, with each generation of AI systems contributing to building the next generation....

⭐️New CSET Report⭐️

Are we headed toward an "intelligence explosion"? Our new workshop report led by @hlntnr.bsky.social on automating AI R&D digs into how AI companies are using their own AI models to accelerate their research, and what could happen next 👀👇

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Content and Digital Communications Lead | Center for Security and Emerging Technology The Center for Security and Emerging Technology, under the School of Foreign Service, is a research organization focused on studying the security impacts of emerging technologies, supporting academic ...

🎉New Job Alert🎉

We are hiring a Content and Digital Communications Lead. If you are a great writer and adept at navigating the new media environment then apply below!

Come join a team working at the forefront of tech and national security!

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Translation Snapshot: Chinese Generative AI Safety Standards | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Translation Snapshots are short posts that highlight related translations produced by CSET’s in-house translation team. Each snapshot identifies relevant translations, provides short summaries, and li...

How are Chinese officials approaching safety and security standards for generative AI?

Read our latest Translation Snapshot outlining Chinese leadership concerns that generative AI might produce content they find objectionable.

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Former OpenAI Board Member Helen Toner on Grok AI Image Controversy YouTube video by Bloomberg Television

@hlntnr.bsky.social joined Bloomberg this week to discuss:

•Challenges in combatting AI-generated sexually explicit content;

•The role that the Take It Down Act will play once implemented; and

•Additional steps that are still necessary.

Watch below!

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China’s Embodied AI: A Path to AGI | Center for Security and Emerging Technology China is embracing “embodied AI”—artificial intelligence integrated with physical agents, such as robots and drones—both for commercial reasons and as a path to artificial general intelligence (AGI). ...

China’s embrace and understanding of embodied AI is also evidenced in public statements by the country’s top AI scientists. Explore our new report to learn why it is now fully part of China’s AI mainstream.

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A Virginia Man Went Missing. Did He Suffer From “AI Psychosis”? After overcoming a troubled childhood, Jon Ganz left Virginia with his wife in search of a better life—only to disappear into the night. Was his obsession with an AI chatbot to blame?

“We don’t actually have a nuts-and-bolts understanding of what is going on under the hood,” says @hlntnr.bsky.social
in an interview with @washingtonian.com on the inherent challenge in trying to regulate AI chatbots.

Read more below:
washingtonian.com/2026/01/07/a...

Big changes to the Map of Science – Emerging Technology Observatory A new clustering approach and better search capabilities

Kick off the new year by checking out our Map of Science updates from @emergingtechobs.bsky.social!

With new clustering and updated search, you can derive even greater insights on trends in science and technology.

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Translation Snapshot: Chinese Generative AI Safety Standards | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Translation Snapshots are short posts that highlight related translations produced by CSET’s in-house translation team. Each snapshot identifies relevant translations, provides short summaries, and li...

Are Chinese generative AI models undermining the Communist Party’s censorship regime? The PRC government is worried they might, judging from this collection of recent CSET translations of Chinese GenAI safety and security standards, from @murphyben.bsky.social

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⭐️New Report⭐️

China is embracing “embodied AI”—artificial intelligence integrated with physical agents, such as robots and drones—both for commercial reasons and as a path to artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Read more in our new analysis ⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

🎉 We've just launched a HUGE update to the Map of Science at sciencemap.eto.tech!

This update includes:

1) Nearly 92,000 new research clusters based on citation links and text similarity

2) Better search capabilities for finding research on specific subfields and topics

Map of Science Explore the world's research literature, easily pinpointing key trends, hotspots, and concepts in global science and technology.

🎉Updated data tool!🎉

@emergingtechobs.bsky.social has launched an updated Map of Science featuring new research clusters and improved search for better insight into trends in science and technology.

Explore the updates below!
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China and Medical AI | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Medical artificial intelligence, which depends on large repositories of biological data, can improve public health and contribute to the growing global bioeconomy. Countries that strategically priorit...

The final FY2026 NDAA agreement seeks to secure U.S. biodata from PRC acquisition. What is the extent of China’s efforts?

Revisit @vikramvenkatram.bsky.social @katherine-quinn.bsky.social’s 2024 report to find out: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...