Since 2020, Just Security has been at the forefront of analysis on rapid shifts in AI-enabled technologies, providing expert commentary on risks, opportunities, and proposed governance mechanisms. The catalog below organizes our collection of articles on artificial intelligence into general categories to facilitate access to relevant topics for policymakers, academic experts, industry leaders, and the general public. The archive will be updated as new articles are published.

AI Governance

The United States Must Win The Global Open Source AI Race
By Keegan McBride and Dean W. Ball (November 7, 2024)

AI at UNGA79: Recapping Key Themes
By Clara Apt (October 1, 2024)

Rethinking Responsible Use of Military AI: From Principles to Practice
By Brianna Rosen and Tess Bridgeman (September 26, 2024)

Competition, Not Control, is Key to Winning the Global AI Race
By Matthew Mittelsteadt and Keegan McBride (September 17, 2024)

The Just Security Podcast: Strategic Risks of AI and Recapping the 2024 REAIM Summit
Paras Shah interview with Brianna Rosen (September 12, 2024)

Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context
By Tobias Vestner and Simon Cleobury (September 5, 2024)

The Nuts and Bolts of Enforcing AI Guardrails
By Amos Toh and Ivey Dyson (May 30, 2024)

House Meeting on White House AI Overreach Highlights Congressional Inaction
By Melanie Geller and Julian Melendi (April 12, 2024)

Why We Need a National Data Protection Strategy
By Alex Joel (April 4, 2024)

Is the Biden Administration Reaching a New Consensus on What Constitutes Private Information
By Justin Hendrix (March 19, 2024)

The Just Security Podcast: How Should the World Regulate Artificial Intelligence?
Paras Shah and Brianna Rosen interview with Robert Trager (February 2, 2024)

It’s Not Just Technology: What it Means to be a Global Leader in AI
By Kayla Blomquist and Keegan McBride (January 4, 2024)

AI Governance in the Age of Uncertainty: International Law as a Starting Point
By Talita de Souza Dias and Rashmin Sagoo (January 2, 2024)

Experts React: Unpacking the Biden Administration’s New Efforts on AI
By Ian Miller (November 14, 2023)

Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS
By Justin Hendrix (November 1, 2023)

The Tragedy of AI Governance
By Simon Chesterman (October 18, 2023)

Introducing the Symposium on AI Governance: Power, Justice, and the Limits of the Law
By Brianna Rosen (October 18, 2023)

U.S. Senate AI Hearings Highlight Increased Need for Regulation
By Faiza Patel and Melanie Geller (September 25, 2023)

The Perils and Promise of AI Regulation
By Faiza Patel and Ivey Dyson (July 26, 2023)

Weighing the Risks: Why a New Conversation is Needed on AI Safety
By Michael Depp (June 30, 2023)

To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics
By Justin Hendrix and Paul M. Barrett (June 28, 2023)

Regulating Artificial Intelligence Requires Balancing Rights, Innovation
By Bishop Garrison (January 11, 2023)

Emerging Tech Has a Front-Row Seat at India-Hosted UN Counterterrorism Meeting. What About Human Rights?
By Marlena Wisniak (October 28, 2022)

NATO Must Tackle Digital Authoritarianism
By Michèle Flournoy and Anshu Roy (June 29, 2022)

NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept Must Enhance Digital Access and Capacities
By Chris Dolan (June 8, 2022)

Watchlisting the World: Digital Security Infrastructures, Informal Law, and the “Global War on Terror”
By Ramzi Kassem, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi and Gavin Sullivan (October 28, 2021)

One Thousand and One Talents: The Race for A.I. Dominance
by Lucas Irwin (April 7, 2021)

National Security & War

The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In 
by Just Security (October 25, 2024)

The Double Black Box: AI Inside the National Security Ecosystem
By Ashley Deeks (August 14, 2024)

As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings
By Spencer Reynolds and Faiza Patel (May 21, 2024)

The Machine Got it Wrong? Uncertainties, Assumptions, and Biases in Military AI
By Arthur Holland Michel (May 13, 2024)

Bringing Transparency to National Security Uses of Artificial Intelligence
By Faiza Patel and Patrick C. Toomey (April 4, 2024)

An Oversight Model for AI in National Security: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
By Faiza Patel and Patrick C. Toomey (April 26, 2024)

National Security Carve-Outs Undermine AI Regulations
By Faiza Patel and Patrick C. Toomey (December 21, 2023)

Unhuman Killings: AI and Civilian Harm in Gaza
By Brianna Rosen (December 15, 2023)

DHS Must Evaluate and Overhaul its Flawed Automated Systems
By Rachel Levinson-Waldman and José Guillermo Gutiérrez (October 19, 2023)

The Path to War is Paved with Obscure Intentions: Signaling and Perception in the Era of AI
By Gavin Wilde (October 20, 2023)

AI and the Future of Drone Warfare: Risks and Recommendations
By Brianna Rosen (October 3, 2023)

Latin America and Caribbean Nations Rally Against Autonomous Weapons Systems
By Bonnie Docherty and Mary Wareham (March 6, 2023)

Investigating (Mis)conduct in War is Already Difficult
By Laura Brunn (January 5, 2023)

Gendering the Legal Review of New Means and Methods of Warfare
By Andrea Farrés Jiménez (August 23, 2022)

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Oversight Must Not Be an Oversight
By Corin R. Stone (November 30, 2021)

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Know Risk, Know Reward
By Corin R. Stone (October 19, 2021)

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: The Tangled Web of Budget & Acquisition
By Corin R. Stone (September 28, 2021)

Embedding Gender in International Humanitarian Law: Is Artificial Intelligence Up to the Task?
By Andrea Farrés Jiménez (August 27, 2021)

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Culture is Critical
By Corin R. Stone (August 17, 2021)

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Money is Not Enough
By Corin R. Stone (July 12, 2021)

Adding AI to Autonomous Weapons Increases Risks to Civilians in Armed Conflict
By Neil Davison and Jonathan Horowitz (March 26, 2021)

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