Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Formation2019 (2019)
TypeThink tank
PurposeTechnology & security
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Founding Director
Jason Gaverick Matheny
Executive Director
Dewey Murdick
Parent organization
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Websitehttp://cset.georgetown.edu

The Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) is a think tank dedicated to policy analysis at the intersection of national and international security and emerging technologies, based at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. CSET's founding director is the former director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, Jason Gaverick Matheny.[1] Its current executive director is Dewey Murdick, former Chief Analytics Officer and Deputy Chief Scientist within the Department of Homeland Security.[2]

Established in January 2019, CSET has received more than $57,000,000 in funding from the Open Philanthropy Project,[3] the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,[4] and the Public Interest Technology University Network.

Its mission is to study the security impacts of emerging technologies, support academic work in security and technology studies, and deliver nonpartisan analysis to the policy community.[5] For its first two years, CSET plans to focus on the intersection of security and artificial intelligence (AI), particularly on national competitiveness, talent and knowledge flows and relationships with other technologies.[6] CSET is the largest center in the U.S. focused on AI and policy.[7]

Public events

In September 2019, CSET co-hosted the George T. Kalaris Intelligence Conference, which featured speakers from academia, the U.S. government and the private sector.[8]

Publications

CSET produces a biweekly newsletter, policy.ai. It has published research on various aspects of the intersection between artificial intelligence and security, including changes to the U.S. AI workforce, immigration laws' effect on the AI sector, and technology transfer overseas. Its research output includes policy briefs and longer published reports. [9]

A study published in January 2023 by CSET, OpenAI, and the Stanford Internet Observatory and covered by Forbes cited that "There are also possible negative applications of generative language models, or ‘language models’ for short. For malicious actors looking to spread propaganda—information designed to shape perceptions to further an actor’s interest—these language models bring the promise of automating the creation of convincing and misleading text for use in influence operations, rather than having to rely on human labor."[10]

In May 2023, Chinese officials announced that they would be closing some of the access that foreign countries had into their public information as of a result of studies from think tanks like CSET, citing concerns about cooperation between the U.S. military and the private sector.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Nick (February 28, 2019). "Georgetown launches think tank on security and emerging technology". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dewey Murdick". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  3. ↑ "Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology". Open Philanthropy Project. January 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Hewlett Foundation". October 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. January 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Georgetown launches new $55 million center on security & emerging technology". Institute for Technology, Law and Policy. February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Q&A with Jason Matheny, Founding Director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology". Georgetown University. January 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Georgetown University". September 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Georgetown University". September 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ Vigdor, Dan. "Council Post: How Could Artificial Intelligence Impact Cybersecurity?". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  11. ↑ "China limits overseas access to data - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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