In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV has called for much closer regulation of AI technology, particularly in military settings.
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The speed and scale of war are being enhanced by AI systems – but they also bring new risks for civilians and military combatants.
Struck by the success of large-scale, low-cost drone attacks, the US made covert efforts to capture Iranian Shahed-136s for technical analysis.
At the heart of this dispute is how Anthropic’s large language model Claude is being used in a military context.
The UK is betting big on AI in defence to become “ten times more lethal”.
AI has limited military functions that still require a huge amount of human input.
Africa’s Sahel region is engulfed by violence, and now there are fears that the conflict could take another bloody turn.
AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
Artificial intelligence has been around for decades, and is much more than just ChatGPT. Here’s a rundown of some lesser known AI applications.
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Professor of Political Theory, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University
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Researcher into AI and Remote Warfare, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Antwerp
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Asistant Lecturer in International Relations
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Ethics, University of New South Wales; Fellow of the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen
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PhD Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Professor of War Studies, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Political Geography, Department of Geography, Newcastle University
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Professor of Political Science and Law, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor, Conflict Studies, Utrecht University
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Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, School of Humanities, York St John University