Emerging technology

The AIET Initiative aims to provide rigorous analysis on the impact of rapidly advancing technology for security, democracy, foreign policy, and rights.

With few safeguards to govern AI deployment, high-risk experimentation at the border will likely continue during Trump's second term.

Judith Cabrera and Petra Molnar discuss how border technologies are impacting migration and what to expect from the incoming Trump administration.

Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy could prove conducive to breakthrough AI agreements — especially with China.

The coming AI presidency will demand careful preparation—not only to adapt to potential changes in U.S. policy but also to safeguard international collaboration on AI governance.

Digital evidence of crimes from open-source investigations can be linked with UN systems to support accountability and atrocity prevention.

Technologies such as multispectral cameras and drones can replicate the methods of manual search groups more safely and efficiently.

Bridging responsible social media with the expertise of those well-versed in the dynamics of mass violence can greatly bolster interventions.

Atrocity-prevention systems developed before the spread of new technologies need to more systematically account for their impacts.

Governments and civil society can harness new and established technologies, even while proactively mitigating associated risks.

The world is on the brink of a quantum revolution and the U.S. lead is narrowing rapidly.

Critics of open source AI must consider the security implications of strategic competition with China.