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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New editors' picks from Scout! Top highlights: 1) CXMT's market value topped RMB 4 trillion, overtaking Tencent 2) Zhang Yiming banned distillation at ByteDance, pushing training from scratch 3) Chinese government guide urges AI for surveillance (Translation via CSET)

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our Chip Supply Chain Explorer now features 2025 market share data! China's gains landed in fab tools - ion implanters +2.8pp, deposition +2.4pp, etch & clean +1.7pp. It lost share everywhere in assembly, test & packaging. Lithography: still 0.2%.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Which research fields will explode next 🚀 We've built a neural classifier that predicts extreme growth via the Map of Science. 3 years out: vision-language models for robots, agentic AI in space.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We’re proud to announce that MIT’s AI Risk Initiative and CMU’s EncyclopAIdia team are joining CSET, ETO, and our existing collaborators at Purdue’s GRAIL to expand AGORA – our living collection of AI laws, regulations, and standards.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🗺️ You've mapped the world's research with our Map of Science. Now map what happens when ideas become inventions. The Map of Patents is live: millions of patents from 107 authorities in 116,000+ clusters. Find the trends and key players in any tech area. patentmap.eto.tech

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Mina Narayanan @minanrn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What exactly is an AI regulatory sandbox & what is it supposed to achieve? Our latest @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social @emergingtechobs.bsky.social AGORA blog unpacks how AI reg. sandboxes in Utah & Texas work, comparing oversight, testing limits, & reporting requirements. eto.tech/blog/agora-s...

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Exploring State AI Governance in AGORA #2: AI Regulatory Sandboxes – Emerging Technology Observatory

State AI regulatory sandbox features

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New editors’ picks from Scout! Top highlights: 1) DeepSeek V4 offers GPT-5.5-level performance at 100x less cost 2) New Chinese government plan to introduce AI into education (Translation available via CSET) 3) Chinese tech firms are now buying export-controlled GPUs directly

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🚀 New PATHWISE update! Our emerging tech talent tracking tool now features: 1. ML-powered workforce definitions for sharper precision 2. Data through April 2026 3. More granular job titles 4. Associate degree tracking

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

How much do Canada's Tri-Agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) shape global research & innovation? A lot. 334K+ funded papers, 48K patent families citing that work, and over half of all global research clusters touched.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

From a White House EO on AI cybersecurity to Ghana's 10-year AI strategy to Arkansas tackling AI content ownership — AI governance is moving fast everywhere. Catch up with the latest AGORA Roundup:

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

AI's share of bioinformatics research has nearly doubled — from 5.9% in 2010 to 11.9% in 2025. 🧬🤖 The hottest areas right now? Protein structure prediction, cancer imaging, gut microbiome analysis, and antimicrobial resistance.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

⭐️ 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.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🎉 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.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🚨 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:

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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-...

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Saying goodbye to ORCA and PARAT – Emerging Technology Observatory

Important details about the future of these two tools

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🎉 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

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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...

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Revisiting the AI Action Plan: AGORA roundup #3 – Emerging Technology Observatory

Updates from ETO's AI governance tracker

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🎉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!

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Mina Narayanan @minanrn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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...

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

✨ 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 🧵👇

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

✨ 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

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Facial recognition regs, state and local docs, frontier frameworks: AGORA roundup #1 – Emerging Technology Observatory

Updates from ETO's AI governance tracker

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

👀👀 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...

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DeepSeek energizes China's chipmakers: editors' picks from ETO Scout, volume 21 (2/27/25-3/31/25) – Emerging Technology Observatory

Plus: Homegrown hallucinations, solid-state batteries, and an AI push in Chinese schools

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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!

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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

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Hanna Dohmen @hannadohmen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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.

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Vikram Venkatram @vikramvenkatram.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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!

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🧪✨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...

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Federal funding underpins American research across 'hot' AI + bio research clusters – Emerging Technology Observatory

As China challenges, NIH and NSF funds play a key role in U.S. research efforts

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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: 🧵

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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...

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🤩🤩🤩 @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...

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Despite tensions, US-China AI research collaborations are alive and well

Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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 🧵

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🤖 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...

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AI accelerates Chinese R&D, frustrates job hunters: editors' picks from ETO Scout, volume 18 (11/23/24-12/18/24) – Emerging Technology Observatory

Plus: A war of words on export controls; BGI and Stanford researchers team up

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Ben Murphy @murphyben.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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.

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🚀🏛️🚀 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

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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 🗺️🧪

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🚀📊 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-...

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Direct access to our data: exploring ETO's new dataset portal – Emerging Technology Observatory

Tap the same high-quality data that powers our tools

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Emerging Technology Observatory @emergingtechobs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🎉 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.

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