Laura Bruun

Laura Bruun is a senior researcher in SIPRI’s Governance of AI Programme, focusing on the legal and humanitarian implications of the use of military AI and autonomous weapon systems.

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Collaboration without over-reliance: the role of industry in making military AI “lawful by design”

May 26, 2026 9 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / IHL / New Technologies / Weapons Laura Bruun & Netta Goussac

In the policy debate on artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain, there is a ...

‘Constant care’ must be taken to address bias in military AI

August 28, 2025 11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Artificial intelligence in military decision-making / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Laura Bruun & Marta Bo

As many states, especially those with large and resourceful militaries, are exploring the potential of ...

Reinventing the wheel? Three lessons that the AWS debate can learn from existing arms control agreements

June 13, 2024 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / IHL / New Technologies / Special Themes Laura Bruun

For more than a decade, states have met at the UN in Geneva to discuss ...

Autonomous weapon systems: what the law says – and does not say – about the human role in the use of force

November 11, 2021 9 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict Laura Bruun

Intergovernmental discussions on the regulation of emerging technologies in the area of (lethal) autonomous weapon ...