Center for Security and Emerging Technology

{{short description|American technology think tank}}

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| name = Center for Security and Emerging Technology

| image = 250px

| formation = {{start date and age|2019}}

| type = Think tank

| purpose = Technology & security

| headquarters = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| leader_title = Founding Director

| leader_name = Jason Gaverick Matheny

| leader_title2 = Executive Director

| leader_name2 = Dewey Murdick

| parent_organization = School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

| website = {{Official URL}}

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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.

Its mission is to study the security impacts of emerging technologies by analyzing data, supporting academic work in security and technology studies, and delivering nonpartisan analysis to the policy community.{{cite web |date=January 2019 |title=About Us |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/about-us/ |accessdate=June 30, 2019 |publisher=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325142713/http://cset.georgetown.edu/about-us/ |url-status=live }} CSET focuses particularly on the intersection of security and artificial intelligence (AI).{{cite web |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Georgetown launches new $55 million center on security & emerging technology |url=https://www.georgetowntech.org/news-fullposts/2019/2/27/february-27-2019-georgetown-launches-new-55-million-center-on-security-amp-emerging-technologies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630060206/https://www.georgetowntech.org/news-fullposts/2019/2/27/february-27-2019-georgetown-launches-new-55-million-center-on-security-amp-emerging-technologies |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |accessdate=June 30, 2019 |publisher=Institute for Technology, Law and Policy}} It addresses topics such as national competitiveness,{{Cite web |title=Compete |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/compete/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US}} opportunities related to AI,{{Cite web |title=Applications |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/applications/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US}} talent and knowledge flows,{{Cite web |title=Workforce |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/workforce/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US}} AI safety assessments,{{Cite web |title=Assessment |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/assessment/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923163952/https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/assessment/ |url-status=live }} and AI applications in biotechnology{{Cite web |title=Bio-Risk |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/bio-risk/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923163958/https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/bio-risk/ |url-status=live }} and computer security.{{Cite web |title=CyberAI |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/cyberai/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923164009/https://cset.georgetown.edu/research-topic/cyberai/ |url-status=live }}

CSET's founding director, Jason Gaverick Matheny, previously served as the director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-launches-think-tank-on-security-and-emerging-technology/2019/02/27/d6dabc62-391f-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html|title = Georgetown launches think tank on security and emerging technology|date = February 28, 2019|accessdate = June 30, 2019|newspaper = The Washington Post|last = Anderson|first = Nick|archive-date = May 14, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190514075146/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-launches-think-tank-on-security-and-emerging-technology/2019/02/27/d6dabc62-391f-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html|url-status = live}} Its current executive director is Dewey Murdick, former Chief Analytics Officer and Deputy Chief Scientist within the Department of Homeland Security.{{Cite web |title=Dewey Murdick |url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/dewey-murdick/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Center for Security and Emerging Technology |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923165253/https://cset.georgetown.edu/staff/dewey-murdick/ |url-status=live }}

Established in January 2019, CSET has received more than $57,000,000 in funding from the Open Philanthropy Project,{{cite web|url = https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/georgetown-university-center-security-and-emerging-technology|title = Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology|date = January 2019|accessdate = June 30, 2019|publisher = Open Philanthropy Project|archive-date = June 29, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190629114244/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/georgetown-university-center-security-and-emerging-technology|url-status = live}} the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,{{cite web|url = https://hewlett.org/grants/georgetown-university-for-the-cyberai-program/|title = Hewlett Foundation|date = October 8, 2019|accessdate = December 8, 2019|archive-date = September 23, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240923165148/https://hewlett.org/grants/georgetown-university-for-the-cyberai-program/|url-status = live}} and the Public Interest Technology University Network. CSET has faced criticism over its ties to the effective altruism movement.{{Cite news |last=Bordelon |first=Brendan |date=October 13, 2023 |title=How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/open-philanthropy-funding-ai-policy-00121362 |work=Politico |access-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-date=October 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013100621/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/open-philanthropy-funding-ai-policy-00121362 |url-status=live }}