AI National International Security

AI, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

AI is now at the heart of national security issues. Aware of the revolutionary implications of AI for their security and defence, some countries are actively seeking to develop and improve the use of AI for a very wide range of applications from intelligence to autonomous lethal weapons ("killer robots"). These activities raise the spectre of an AI arms race as well as formidable legal questions.

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Biometric Mass Surveillance – Highlights from Greens/EFA Workshop

Maeva El Bouchikhi

10/12/2020

On December 3, 2020, the Greens/EFA Group of the European Parliament hosted an online discussion on the risks of discrimination posed by biometric mass surveillance.

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European Parliament’s New Guidelines on Military and Non-Military use of AI & AI in Healthcare and Justice

17/12/2020

On December 10, 2020, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) adopted new guidelines on the use of AI for military purposes and its use in the health and justice sectors.

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Iranian Authorities Claim AI Machine Gun and Facial Recognition Were Used to Kill Nuclear Chief

10/12/2020

On November 27, 2020, Brigadier-General Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the head of the Iranian military’s nuclear program, was shot and killed in a convoy outside Tehran.

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UNICRI’s Collaborative Report on Malicious Uses and Abuses of AI

01/12/2020

On November 19, 2020, the United-Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Centre for AI and Robotics released its latest collaborative report on Malicious Uses and Abuses of Artificial Intelligence

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UNIDIR New Report on the Predictability and Understandability in Military AI : The Black Box Unlocked

24/09/2020

UNIDIR published a new report on the predictability and understandability in Military AI: the Black Box Unlocked.

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UNIDIR new publication: Modernizing arms control, Exploring Responses to the Use of AI in Military Decision-Making

11/09/2020

On September 1st, 2020, (UNIDIR) published a new report on Modernizing arms control, Exploring Responses to the Use of AI in Military-Decision-Making.

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