Publications

The latest research and analysis from the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab

Building an AI Red Teaming Discipline

As commercial artificial intelligence models have become increasingly sophisticated, we need to build a discipline around red teaming tools, protocols, and red teamers themselves.

Leah Walker, Jake Hecla, Cara Marie Wagner, Andrew Reddie

Publication: BRSL Blog (Brisk Assessment)
Published: September 3, 2025

Managing Commercial Spyware Through Export Controls

Examination of how multilateral export controls can be used to constrain commercial spyware and address human rights, national security and nonproliferation concerns stemming from the misuse of spyware technologies.

Publication: CLTC White Paper (External Report)
Published: March 1, 2025

Multi-stage phase transformation pathways in MAX phases

Developments in predicting and understanding phase transformations in MAX phases.

Shuang Zhao, Hao Xiao, Yuxin Li, Zijun Zhang, Yugang Wang, Qing Huang, Liuxuan Cao, Fei Gao, Cameron L. Tracy, Rodney. C. Ewing & Chenxu Wang

Publication: Nature (Journal Article)
Published: February 12, 2025

The Hawley Act Threatens AI Innovation

Context for a broader chapter in the recent Oxford Handbook of Geoeconomics and Economic Statecraft, published with the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).

Publication: Lawfare (Commentary)
Published: February 10, 2025