The second international summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM) took place in Seoul on 9 and 10 September 2024, some 18 months after the inaugural summit, held in Netherlands in February 2023. This time, Kenya, Singapore and the United Kingdom joined the event’s original founders, Netherlands and South Korea, as co-hosts. … Read more
Last week, some 2,000 government officials and experts from around the world met for the REAIM (Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain) summit in Seoul, South Korea. This was the second event of its kind, with the first one held in the Netherlands in February 2023. During this year’s summit, 61 countries endorsed a … Read more
Many States and regional and international organisations have espoused lists of principles they consider necessary for an autonomous weapon systems (AWS), or military artificial intelligence (MAI) systems more broadly, to be considered ‘responsible’ (see, for example, the US Guidelines, the UK principles, the NATO principles and the Chinese, among many more). Technical standards, such as … Read more
The review of weapons, means, and methods of warfare for compliance with international law has attracted significant attention during the international debate about the regulation and use of autonomous weapon systems (AWS). Legal reviews have been cited as one tool States can use to ensure that any use of AWS complies with their international legal … Read more
Autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are no longer confined to works of fiction. The 2021 UN Panel of Experts on Libya reported the Libyan Government of National Accord Affiliated Force’s use of a STM Kargu-2 autonomous drone to attack the logistics convoys of the Haftar Affiliated Forces. More recently, the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and … Read more
In 2024, a decade will have passed since an inaugural UN Meeting of Experts initiated discussions on the implications of the development and deployment of autonomy in weapons systems. While views on the achievements made in this setting and by its formal successor, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE), may vary, there is one area … Read more
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