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Unpacking a new ICRC report outlining key challenges with responsible use of AI in military decision-making.

If adopted, the draft treaty would allow States to undermine human rights protection and security of digital communications.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

The Commercial Space Act prioritizes industry growth and international obligations over national security. It doesn't have to choose.

Top experts reflect on what the Biden administration's new executive order means for the future of AI and efforts to regulate it.

The "AI for Democracy" argument rests on misguided - and potentially dangerous - assumptions.

The Biden administration's new executive order gives the DHS a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities related to artificial intelligence.

The most immediate threat is not the “AI apocalypse” – where machines take over the world – but humans leveraging AI to establish new patterns of violence and domination…

States should continue to work on confidence building measures in outer space and should ban anti-satellite tests, which are harmful to humankind.

"If recent excitement about spy balloons is any indication, it may be high time to prioritize a coherent international framework for remote sensing."

The real challenge in the space domain is avoiding escalation in the first instance, such as by reducing threats and developing transparency and confidence building measures.

It's time for States to take positions on their treaty obligation to act with "due regard" to the interests of others in outer space.