The second Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) summit was held on 10 September in Seoul, South Korea.
- The Seoul summit was co-hosted by the Netherlands, Singapore, Kenya and the United Kingdom. The summit aims to ensure multi-stakeholder discussions are not dominated by a single nation or entity.
- About 60 countries endorsed a “blueprint for action” to govern responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military.
- It is legally non-binding document. Participating countries laid out what kind of risk assessments should be made, important conditions such as human control, and how confidence-building measures can be taken in order to manage risks.
- Among the details added in the document was the need to prevent AI from being used to proliferate weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by actors including terrorist groups, and the importance of maintaining human control and involvement in nuclear weapons employment.
