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Emerging Technology
The unregulated development and deployment of emerging technologies—referring to scientific and technical developments that, if applied in the military sphere, could have transformative effects on the future of warfare in unpredictable and potentially hazardous, destabilizing ways—could increase the risk of accidental and unintended conflict escalation. Whether manifested in new domains, new applications, or new military capabilities, these technologies can include hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities, cyberspace operations, counterspace capabilities, and the like.
The Arms Control Association (ACA), in conjunction with other experts and organizations, has proposed various measures to reduce such risks, as laid out in issue briefs, reports, articles in Arms Control Today, and more. To receive updates on developments in this field, join today or sign up for our regular updates list.
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- By Maryann Cusimano Love
Leo XIV goes beyond calls for AI regulation and safety and says that any technological advancement detatched from ethics and human responsibilities exacerbate conflict instead of building a just peace.
- By Douglas B. Shaw, Stephen Herzog, and William C. Potter
Organizers of a new initiative say governments, AI firms, security experts and the global epistemic community concerned with human survival must jointly shape technology before today’s choices become tomorrow’s constraints.
The new rules would impose a regulatory framework for autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence that emphasizes human judgment and ultimate human responsibility, while also endorsing the Pentagon’s embrace of the technology.
UN member states and non-governmental organizations met in June to discuss artificial intelligence in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security.
Drone Strike on UAE Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns
Senior U.S. officials said the Pentagon relied on an AI-powered data-fusion and decision-support program to identify top-priority targets and help choose the weapons used in attacking them.
Pentagon Labels AI Company Supply Chain Risk
ACA has partnered with the UC Berkeley Risk & Security Lab and the European Leadership Network to bring together leading scholars of AI policy and nuclear weapons operations to develop a menu of specific, targeted, and actionable policies for mitigating AI integration risks.
- By José Ignacio Salamanca Friedlaender
Governments pledge human control and rigorous oversight, but such assurances cannot be demonstrated while AI-nuclear systems remain fully classified.