Falling under the radar: the problem of algorithmic bias and military applications of AI

March 14, 2024 10 mins read Analysis / Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Avoiding civilian harm during military cyber operations / Cybersecurity and data protection in humanitarian action / Gender and conflict / Human Costs of Cyber Ingvild Bode

Last week, states parties met for the first session of the Group of Governmental Experts ...

The future is now: artificial intelligence and anticipatory humanitarian action

August 19, 2021 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Christopher Chen

As the world faces simultaneous disasters and burgeoning risks, humanitarian actors need to develop more efficient ways of delivering aid to vulnerable populations. ...

Structural disconnects between algorithmic decision-making and the law

April 25, 2019 8 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Editor’s note: There are disconnects between how algorithmic decision-making systems work and how law works, according to ...

Safety net or tangled web: Legal reviews of AI in weapons and war-fighting

April 18, 2019 11 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Netta Goussac

Editor’s note: For those interested in the topic of legal reviews of weapons, it is ...

The viability of data-reliant predictive systems in armed conflict detention

April 8, 2019 10 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Tess Bridgeman

Editor’s note: In this post, Tess Bridgeman continues the discussion on detention and the potential use of ...

Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider

March 21, 2019 13 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 / Weapons Dustin A. Lewis

What are some of the chief concerns in contemporary debates around legal reviews of weapons, ...

Expert views on the frontiers of artificial intelligence and conflict

March 19, 2019 16 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2019 Sasha Radin

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to affect many aspects of our lives ...

The (im)possibility of meaningful human control for lethal autonomous weapon systems

August 29, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons Elke Schwarz

This week, the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) is holding their third meeting at the UN Certain ...

The impact of gender and race bias in AI

August 28, 2018 13 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Gender / Gender and conflict / Law and Conflict / Weapons Noel Sharkey

Automated decision algorithms are currently propagating gender and race discrimination throughout our global community. The ...

The human nature of international humanitarian law

August 23, 2018 10 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict Eric Talbot Jensen

International humanitarian law (IHL) regulates the use of force in armed conflict. It inherently provides ...

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