Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems

Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems

Compliance by Design II: LOAC in U.S. Software Provided for Autonomous Combat Systems Editors’ note: This is the seventh post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under...
AI-on-AI Perfidy and the Law of Armed Conflict

AI-on-AI Perfidy and the Law of Armed Conflict

AI-on-AI Perfidy and the Law of Armed Conflict Picture the following scenario: a forward-deployed artificial intelligence (AI) enabled surveillance platform detects a convoy moving along a contested highway at dusk. Its classification system flags the convoy as...
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...