Reflections on the Weaponised AI Policy Debate Throughout the ERC AutoNorms Project
From 15 to 17 June 2026, the United Nations (UN) Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva hosted informal exchanges on AI in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security. These consultations followed the UN General Assembly resolution 80/58 adopted in 2025. The resolution mandated holding discussions on various uses of AI […]
AutoPractices at the UN Informal Exchanges on AI in the Military Domain
Ingvild Bode and Anna Nadibaidze represented the AutoPractices project at the Informal Exchanges on Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain and its Implications for International Peace and Security. The exchanges were held from 15 to 17 June 2026 in Geneva and organised by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Credit: Anna Nadibaidze Statement during […]
AutoPractices at the UN GGE on LAWS in March 2026
The AutoNorms team regularly participates in meetings of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems. The GGE meetings take place in Geneva and bring together delegations of state parties to the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), observer states, as well as […]
Sustaining Human Agency in the Military Domain: The AutoPractices Toolkit at REAIM 2026
By Alexander Hedegaard On 4-5 February 2026, the third edition of the Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) Summit was held in A Coruña, Spain. The event was organised by the Spanish Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, together with the A Coruña City Council. The third edition followed upon two summits held in […]
Submission to the UN Secretary-General on AI DSS in the Military Domain
The following is the AutoNorms project’s submission pursuant to Resolution 79/239 on “Artificial intelligence in the military domain and its implications for international peace and security” adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 24 December 2024. The resolution requests the UN Secretary-General to seek views, including those of Member States, civil society, the scientific […]
“Mission Impossible”? Talking Popular Culture at the REAIM 2024 Summit
The simultaneous release of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer on 21 July 2023 was a cultural phenomenon. “Barbenheimer”—as this event was popularly called—captured global attention. It also invited reflection on how the public comes to think about the politics of nuclear weapons and what role pop culture plays in this process. Released a week prior […]
Submission on Autonomous Weapon Systems to the UN Secretary General
The following is the AutoNorms project’s response to Resolution 78/241 on “Lethal autonomous weapons systems” adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 22 December 2023. The resolution requests the UN Secretary-General to seek views, including those of Member States, civil society, and the scientific community, on “lethal autonomous weapons systems, inter alia, on […]
AI Summits and Declarations: Symbolism or Substance?
The UK’s AI Safety Summit, held on 1-2 November at Bletchley Park, has generated different types of responses from experts and commentators. Some praise it as a “major diplomatic breakthrough” for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, especially as he managed to get 28 signatures, including those of China, the EU, and the US, on the Bletchley […]
Global Governance of AI in the Military Domain
The AutoNorms team has submitted the short paper below to the United Nations Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology. In preparation for the first meeting of the Multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on AI, the Office issued a call for papers on global AI governance. AutoNorms’ submission, written by Ingvild Bode, Hendrik Huelss, Anna […]
Five Questions We Often Get Asked About AI in Weapon Systems and Our Answers
By Anna Nadibaidze and Ingvild Bode The ongoing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous technologies in weapon systems raises many questions across a variety of fields, including ethics, law, philosophy, and international security. As part of the AutoNorms project, we have contributed to many of these discussions over the past three years, including through […]