New editors’ picks from Scout! Top highlights: 1) Mass-install events for OpenClaw across three Chinese cities 2) New policy measures to provide financing for tech startups (Translation available via CSET) 3) Developer ruled as not liable for damages from genAI hallucinations

⭐️ New: State AI Governance Blog Series We’re launching a @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social ETO AGORA-powered series on how U.S. states are shaping AI governance. States play a key role in how AI is built & deployed—and are testing policies that could scale nationwide.

🎉 New update to the Map of Science! This update adds titles and summaries to each research cluster, making it easier than ever to identify and understand new and emerging areas of research.

🚨 U.S. AI chips are powering China's military AI ambitions This Wednesday, HFAC will consider strengthening restrictions on China's access to U.S. AI chips. In our new blog post, we analyze thousands of PLA procurement documents to show what would mean for national security:

We've made the difficult decision to sunset ORCA and PARAT effective May 11, 2026. For more details and information on how you can continue to access underlying data, see our recent blog post. eto.tech/blog/saying-...

New editors’ picks from Scout! Top highlights: 1) Qwen reaches 32.1% market share in China 2) China released a new AI + Manufacturing plan (English translation available via CSET) 3) BYD’s U.S. subsidiaries are suing to reclaim tariffs paid

🎉 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

What’s taken shape in the four months since the release of the AI Action Plan? 🧵👇 In the latest @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social ETO AGORA roundup, four CSET experts dig into the Plan’s policy impact and what’s next for AI governance. eto.tech/blog/agora-a...

🎉We’re excited to unveil PATHWISE, our new tool for tracking emerging technology talent. PATHWISE maps the supply and demand of the AI and cybersecurity workforce across geographic regions. Check it out today at pathwise.eto.tech!

Check out the second @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social @emergingtechobs.bsky.social blog from @sonali-sr.bsky.social and myself where we explore the strategies, risks, and harms addressed by AI-related laws enacted by Congress between Jan 2020 and March 2025 🧵1/6 eto.tech/blog/ai-laws...

✨ The AI moratorium has been struck down ⚡ but what else does the Big Beautiful Bill have to say about AI? Check out the latest AGORA update 📷 to learn about the provisions on border security, Medicare, and more! Link in thread 🧵👇

✨ Our first AGORA update ✨ brings you up to speed on the latest from our AI governance tracker - featuring highlights from hundreds of laws, regulations and policy documents recently to AGORA. eto.tech/blog/agora-a... Subscribe for updates in your inbox: eto.tech#subscribe

👀👀 Homegrown hallucinations, a jolt of DeepSeek energy for China's chipmakers, and an AI push in Chinese schools - our latest Scout editors' picks roundup is extra-packed with interesting science and tech writing from across the Chinese internet 🔭 Read the full roundup here: eto.tech/blog/scout-e...

We're hiring a software engineer! 🥳 Our small but mighty team builds tools and data that drive the conversation on emerging tech and geopolitics. Come help us grow!

Read @Nature today for new ETO findings on global semiconductor research - leaders, growth, and hotspots, from photonics to neuromorphics... www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧵👇

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

Does China have a compute surplus or shortage? Another interesting article flagged by @emergingtechobs.bsky.social describes the complex picture as “short-term sufficiency, long-term shortage” and includes a list of local government compute projects.

A really great and insightful data-driven piece from my colleague @stephbatalis.bsky.social, underscoring the importance of NIH and NSF funding for biotech. Worth a read!

🧪✨New blog post✨🧪 How NIH and NSF funding powers American research at the leading edge of AI and bio, as China challenges for leadership - a guest analysis from CSET's very own @stephbatalis.bsky.social using Map of Science data eto.tech/blog/federal...

Feeling surprised by the DeepSeek news? China's advances in AI come as no surprise to surprise to ETO users... 😉 In recent months, we've tapped ETO tools and data to explore the tight U.S.-China competition for AI leadership - some highlights: 🧵

In a hurry? Breeze through this week's AI+energy executive order in AGORA - with section-level summaries to help you quickly find what's of interest 😎 agora.eto.tech/instrument/1...

🤩🤩🤩 @khadijaalam.bsky.social used ETO data to map global AI research: "The U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners...AI researchers in non-Western countries are participating in more transnational research collaborations." Read on at @restofworld.org: restofworld.org/2025/us-chin...

ICYMI: ETO wrapped up 2024 with a bang! 💥💥💥 In December, we introduced our dataset portal, a new tracker for AI law and policy, tools for exploring LLM and semiconductor research, and more - read on for details and links 🧵

🤖 AI accelerates Chinese R&D, frustrates job hunters: the latest editors' picks from ETO Scout🔭 are out today! Plus: A war of words on export controls - and BGI and Stanford researchers team up 🧪🧬 Read 'em here: eto.tech/blog/scout-e...

It's live! Check out AGORA, the latest tool from @emergingtechobs.bsky.social: agora.eto.tech

My favorite feature of @emergingtechobs.bsky.social 's brand-new repository of global AI governance and regulatory docs, AGORA? The China-focused "thematic collection" with the full text of 20 (and counting) Chinese AI governance regs & statements.

🚀🏛️🚀 Introducing AGORA, ETO's new explorer for the AI governance landscape - with plain-English summaries, full text, and thematic tags for AI laws and policies around the world, from D.C. to Sacramento to Beijing 🌎 🗺️ agora.eto.tech

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 🗺️🧪

Join us tomorrow for CSET's December webinar! We'll be talking AI governance in 2025 and showing off ETO's latest tool... 👀🚀 cset.georgetown.edu/event/whats-...

🚀📊 Introducing our new data portal: tap the same high-quality data that powers ETO's tools, covering global tech research, AI regulation, corporate AI activity, chips and more 🎉 eto.tech/blog/direct-...

🎉 We're excited to make our original Chinese-English glossary public! 🎉 15,000+ specialized terms from Chinese primary sources on technology and security, with expert translations and annotations by CSET's translation team.