World’s first international summit on Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in Military (REAIM) 2023 concluded in Hague, Netherlands on 16 February.
- It was the first global attempt to prevent proliferation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) and insert ethics, moral factor into rapidly developing weaponisation technology that has potential for cataclysmic damage.
Key points
- At the end of the two-day summit, over 60 nations have agreed to a joint call to action on the responsible development, deployment, and use of AI in the armed forces.
- The signatories have agreed to establish a global commission on AI to raise all-around awareness, clarify the definition of its use in the military domain, and determine how it can be developed, manufactured, and deployed responsibly. This commission will also set out the conditions for the effective governance of AI.
- Among the list of nearly two dozen action points, over 60 countries agreed to affirm that data for AI systems should be collected, used, shared, archived, and deleted, as applicable, in ways that are consistent with international law, as well as relevant national, regional, and international legal frameworks and data standards.
- The call to action highlighted the importance of paying attention to all stages of development, deployment, and use of AI in the military domain.
- South Korea announced it would host the next REAIM summit.
- India, Brazil, and South Africa have not signed the call to action at the time of filing.
