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Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

MQ-9 Reaper.

In the debate over autonomous weapons, it’s time to unlock the “black box” of AI

By Arthur Holland Michel | Artificial Intelligence, Opinion

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by gloucester2gaza and Julian Hertzog via Wikimedia Commons. CY BY-SA 2.0 / CC BY 4.0. Stylized.

The United Nations and the future of warfare

By Ariel Conn | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Stopping killer robots

By Mark Gubrud | Special Topics, Technology and Security

Watch the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement on January 28