AI, the Box, and the Black

AI, the Box, and the Black

AI, the Box, and the Black It was my honour and privilege to be invited to attend, and participate in a panel at, the U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference, “Innovation to Impact” from 28 to 30 April 2026. The Conference addressed, inter alia, issues arising from the...
Warification and the Illusion of Precision: AI, Targeting, and Increasing Civilian Harm

Warification and the Illusion of Precision: AI, Targeting, and Increasing Civilian Harm

Warification and the Illusion of Precision: AI, Targeting, and Increasing Civilian Harm Editors’ note: This post features analysis included in the authors’ recently published article, “The Warification of International Humanitarian Law and the Artifice of Artificial...
Unity in Principle, Variation in Practice: European Approaches to Meaningful Human Control for LAWS

Unity in Principle, Variation in Practice: European Approaches to Meaningful Human Control for LAWS

Unity in Principle, Variation in Practice: European Approaches to Meaningful Human Control for LAWS Editors’ note: This is the fifth post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal...
Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part II

Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part II

Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part II Part I of this post explained the growing relevance of counterfire operations, challenges that accompany carrying them out, and potential contributions of artificial intelligence...
Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part I

Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part I

Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part I A strategic shift in national security priorities from counterinsurgency operations to great-power competition and conflict has exposed significant technological and capability gaps...
Human Oversight with Chinese Characteristics: Lethal Autonomous Weapons in the CCW GGE

Human Oversight with Chinese Characteristics: Lethal Autonomous Weapons in the CCW GGE

Human Oversight with Chinese Characteristics: Lethal Autonomous Weapons in the CCW GGE Editors’ note: This is the second post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under...