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ICYMI: super fun conversation about China's progress in chipmaking tools @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social! Ft. the ever insightful Saif Khan (IFP), Dan Kim (TechInsights), Mario Palacios (Applied Materials), and @hannadohmen.bsky.social. Recording here: cset.georgetown.edu/event/rewiri...

Interesting Chinese commentary (flagged by @emergingtechobs.bsky.social Scout a few days ago) on Trump admin decision to lift H20 ban:

Interesting article flagged by @emergingtechobs.bsky.social Scout a few days ago. Relevant to China's domestic AI chip development efforts: Ministry of National Security: Chips, smart devices and software produced overseas may have technical backdoors

Very interesting report on trends in semiconductor research from @emergingtechobs.bsky.social: etoblog.substack.com/p/key-trends...

Very interesting article and chart on the state of China's compute infrastructure via @emergingtechobs.bsky.social! Definitely worth a read 👇

My latest paper is out!

I'm so excited that we get to share this paper with you guys! Tons of interesting analysis and charts.

Observers are pointing to China's AI talent pipeline as a key driver of DeepSeek's success. CSET's @jacob-feldgoise.bsky.social spoke with @nature.com about the state of China's AI education ecosystem. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is partially by design: US export controls aim to slow down PRC leading-edge compute access, but incentivizing lower compute innovations in China was always a risk. See @hannadohmen.bsky.social and @jacob-feldgoise.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/china/limits...

Browse hundreds of documents with AGORA's easy-to-use interface, flexible filters, and plain-English summaries. It's all online today: agora.eto.tech

✨🏛️New interactive tool🏛️✨ Use the latest @emergingtechobs.bsky.social resource to track AI governance from D.C. to Beijing. ETO AGORA is a living collection of AI-relevant laws, regulations, standards, and other governance documents from the U.S. and around the world 🌎

Come for the neat proof of concept by CSET's @emmyprobasco.bsky.social and Christian Schoeberl - stay for the creative use of ETO's Map of Science 🗺️🧪

Probably time to break the ice and post something here, huh. Hi Bluesky! I'm on parental leave so not really doing social media, but Fast Company profiled me today and that was nice: www.fastcompany.com/91237841/hel... And I'll drop some of my recent work below 🧵:

SXSW London: great place for a discussion on AI for defence (or defense). Please follow the link to vote for my panel with Aki Jain, Christine Fox, and Joe O’Callaghan: sxswlondon.awardsplatform.com/entry/vote/l...

CSET’s @jacob-feldgoise.bsky.social was on @marketplaceapm.bsky.social to discuss the latest developments in the U.S.-China semiconductor saga. Listen now 🎧 www.marketplace.org/shows/market...

New piece and event launch! Want to know what it means to hit China's chip ambitions by putting 140 CN firms on the "entity list" this week? What do sanctions do? Our new brief @piie.com documents the rise of economic sanctions against China, with many surprises: a 🧵 1/n

CSET shaped critical tech policy conversations in 2024 with 93 publications, 200+ briefings, and 20 events. With your support this #GivingTuesday, we can expand our reach in 2025, ensuring leaders have the data-driven insights they need. Support CSET today: cset.georgetown.edu/donate/

Today's video is a bit more niche. It's about the end of Dennard Scaling, which brought about a great deal of change in how compute is done today No comment on the Intel CEO news other than 🍿 youtu.be/7p8ZeSbblec

Why Hybrid Bonding is the Future of Packaging youtu.be/OlRLuajAgIc

@hannadohmen.bsky.social and I wrote about the Ascend 910B’s architectural changes, which adds additional context to the die shots in this report cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

Workshop Announcement 📯 On Dec 4 (1 day after AISIC Plenary) @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social is hosting a workshop on the future of AI testing. Workshop will run from 9am-1pm on Georgetown's Capitol Campus. If you have experience testing AI systems please reach out to me for more details!

Particularly interesting report in light of the on-going anti-trust activities. Some of this M&A activity in part reminds me of what happened in past decades as the defense industrial base concentrated down via M&A to a modest set of very large prime contractors.

Successful AI deployment requires addressing automation bias at the user, technical, and organizational levels. Get the full story in Lauren Kahn, @emmyprobasco.bsky.social, and @vjkin.bsky.social's report: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

7 of the 25 announced investment awards have been finalized. That's 53% (~$19 bn) of the total announced investments thus far.

Military technologists have long sought inspiration in biomimetics. This is a great article on how understanding and mimicking the flying abilities of hummingbirds could transform drone capabilities. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/s...

As language models have gotten larger and more advanced over the past few years, their code-generation capabilities have improved in step with their natural language-generation capabilities. Our new report explains more ⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

Zooming out: The Biden admin has now finalized almost 50% of $39b in Chips Act manufacturing funds Officials still have almost 20 preliminary deals to close — & more than $2b left to allocate (to say nothing of R&D funding) Trump’s win sets a clear deadline: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 7/7

Exclusive: TSMC wanted to be a semiconductor version of Switzerland. But the U.S.-China tech war might squelch the chipmaking powerhouse’s plans. www.theinformation.com/articles/tsm...

In case AI comes up at your Thanksgiving table (and to avoid other awkward conversations) here is a fun article for discussion. www.wsj.com/articles/tha... h/t Jacob Feldgoise

How is M&A changing the AI landscape? Our new report explores how acquisitions of AI companies have grown over the last decade and how non-AI companies are using acquisitions to adopt the technology. Explore the report 👉 bit.ly/4g7p6ro

The CHIPS office finalized its award to Intel this morning! www.nist.gov/news-events/...

You work in the #semiconductor industry, do research on it or cover the scene as a journalist? If you are not in this list, please let me know! Thanks also for sharing! #semiconductors go.bsky.app/AwKDHi9

go.bsky.app/QhUsZTG My global tech and economic security starter pack is only a week old, and I'm sure it's already badly out of date. If there are people who ought to be there, let me know!