AI & Emerging Technology
Just Security’s expert authors offer strategic analysis on AI, cyber, quantum and other emerging technologies, including the national security implications of AI, global governance frameworks, the evolving cyber risk landscape, and how technology use cases comport with legal and ethical considerations.
Highlights:
Expert Backgrounder: What to Watch for at This Week’s Pivotal International Meeting on Autonomous Weapons
A United Nations gathering this week could prove pivotal for the international governance of lethal autonomous weapon systems.
AI-Cyber Operations: A New Frontier for Public-Private Partnerships
For the United States to take the lead in AI cyber operations capabilities, government and industry must create appropriate safeguards.
The Government’s Unexplained Reversal on Social Media Disclosure Requirements
Social media disclosure requirements implicate fundamental First Amendment rights, and the public has a right to know why they were implemented.
Amid the Open-Source AI Debate, America Needs a New Theory of Technological Power
As the U.S. and China compete on AI, concepts such as export controls can no longer determine who leads in that or across a range of other emerging technology.
Test, Standardize, Restrict: A U.S. Policy for Chinese AI Models
Neither banning Chinese advanced AI models nor ignoring their risks to national security will serve American interests.
Convening Before the Crisis: The Case for a Standing Public-Private National Security Forum
Congress should build a durable private-public standing forum in the next National Defense Authorization Act.
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U.S. Tech Companies Owe a Duty of Care to Afghan Girls Too – of a Different Kind
U.S. tech companies should take action to protect the Afghan women and girls who rely on their platforms for online education.
Syllabus Supplements
A collection of syllabus supplements which offer curated articles intended to be combined with traditional course books in a law school or higher education classroom.
“In Focus” Syllabus Supplements: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, and National Security (2025–2026)
This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law or higher ed classroom.
Deference Should Follow Expertise, Not Pretext
Anthropic v. Department of War reveals why courts must distinguish genuine national security judgments from pretextual ones and how to do it.
Aggregating Illegality: The Accumulation of Events Doctrine in Contemporary Challenges
International law must adapt to AI-enabled ransomware threats to ensure accountability for the cumulative injury inflicted by their campaigns.
The Trump Administration Throws Gulf AI a Lifeline
The Trump administration significantly relaxed AI export controls on the UAE, and it's unclear what the United States got in return.
China’s First AI Companion Rules Draw a New Line Between Tools and Relationships
China's new rules limiting the use of A.I. companion systems reveal a gap in how the United States regulates A.I. chatbots.
A Rule-of-Law Model for Governing AI Risks: The Global Significance of Canada’s New AI Strategy
Other middle powers should emulate Canada’s focus on the rule of law as a central principle of A.I. governance.
Antitrust Uncertainty and AI Security Collaboration: A Targeted Bipartisan Proposal
A proposed bill would help ensure that antitrust law does not deter legitimate collaboration on mitigating AI security risks.
Regulate, Don’t Ban, Chinese AI Models
All highly capable AI models should be regulated through pre-deployment and ongoing testing. But any safety regime that works for domestic models should work for Chinese ones.
AI in the Military Domain: Multilateralism at a Crossroad
Recent U.N. discussions add a new forum on global governance and international norms on military uses of A.I.
The Pentagon’s Autonomous Weapons Definitions Don’t Need an Overhaul, They Need an Update
The Pentagon's push to integrate AI into weapons systems exposes a critical gap: no one can agree on what "autonomous weapons" means.