Adrian Thinnyun

Data Research Analyst, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Lead of the Emerging Technology Observatory.

[CSET @CSETGeorgetown]

Our recent analysis shows that foreign-born scientists and technologists play a substantial role in sustaining America’s scientific and technological leadership. https://t.co/KnAD9jLd6D

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More details in the full report published by @CSETGeorgetown:
https://t.co/FY6NPgfOc4

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DHS wants to charge universities $70K-$100K per international student for OPT. Our new report found 47% of America's elite STEM award winners are foreign-born, and 67% of them came as students.

This fee taxes the front door that a third of America's top STEM talent came through.

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Bottom line: American universities are our most important pathways for attracting award-winning scientific talent.

Staying at the forefront of AI, biotech, and other emerging technologies depends on keeping those pathways open. (8/8)

https://t.co/FY6NPgfOc4

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Most of the world's top scientists don't move to the United States after they become famous.

They move before – as students. A new @CSETGeorgetown brief I led traces the journeys of 550 top STEM awardees. 🧵(1/8)

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Even worse, the White House just cleared a rule that would reportedly add a $100k fee to OPT – the bridge between graduation and full-time work.

No job runway = no students. Why would anyone take that bet? (7/8)

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My last recommendation is to support the development of evaluations for AI capabilities and risks. The AI Action Plan already includes this, but it should go one step further and consider restricting models that fail to meet industry-standard performance levels of safety. (7/7)

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Trump's AI Action Plan promises to put AI innovation first and safety second, but this is a false dichotomy. In my new piece for @TheNatlInterest, I explain why innovation can't happen without safety, and how government can help industry regulate itself. 🧵 (1/7)

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My second recommendation is to push AI companies to share safety-relevant knowledge with each other and other relevant stakeholders. This would involve mandating reporting requirements, disclosure of unexpected capabilities in new models, and sharing threat intelligence. (6/7)

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Check out Scout and consider following @emergingtechobs to stay on top of the latest developments in Chinese AI and technology.

https://t.co/M0gC5eM9c7

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Great report from my colleagues at @CSETGeorgetown on China's approach to AGI: embodied intelligence. Key takeaway: we need to track China's technological progress more closely to avoid another DeepSeek "surprise", using tools like @emergingtechobs's Scout. 1/3

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Wuhan’s city-wide AI rollout, a merger of initiatives spawned by China’s top, state-run AI research blocs, will aim to usher in AGI by interacting with grounded, real world data.

Our new report explains more 👇 https://t.co/2beBD0bkaO

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Readers of Scout have known about China's pursuit of AGI via embodied intelligence for a while now. A simple search for stories talking about AGI with the phrase "embodied" turns up results going back as far as April of last year. 2/3