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Guterres urges AI weapons limits

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned at the UN General Assembly in New York, urging rules to regulate AI-driven autonomous weapons; Austria joined other countries calling for clear limits.

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Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.

But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.

Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
September 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Very encouraged to see so many countries coming together to call for mandatory pre-deployment testing & independent evaluation; global coordination on common standards; the creation of an intergovernmental organization; and other critical actions to mitigate the major risks of frontier AI.
A Call for Control of Frontier AI Models - Presidentti
September 2026 Artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful technology. It has potential to improve lives, advance science and strengthen our economies. At the same time, the rapid development of ...
www.presidentti.fi
September 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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🌐 What can cyberspace teach us about AI in the military domain?

UNIDIR’s new publication examines how lessons from ICT security norms could inform discussions on military AI, from transparency and incident response to capacity-building.

🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/Cyber-to-AI
September 22, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Europe's defence tech boom is a high-risk/high-gain bet on startups, dual-use labs and disruption. This article maps the new ecosystem and the questions going unasked about militarised basic research, private power over security, and democratic oversight. doi.org/10.1080/0966...
Disruptive technology and the high-risk/high-gain logic: societal impacts of European rearmament
This article investigates how Europe’s post-2022 rearmament is reshaping the role of emerging and disruptive technologies through a high-risk/high-gain logic that increasingly blurs civilian–milita...
doi.org
September 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Officials in the German federal government want to limit the extreme right AfD’s access to sensitive information. It's also an effort to reassure Germany’s allies who have expressed deep concerns to Berlin over the AfD’s coziness with Moscow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/w...
German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan
With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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First Came Space Force. Now Prepare For AI Force gizmodo.com/first-came-s...
First Came Space Force. Now Prepare For AI Force
Trump is forming a new "AI Force" and appointing an AI Czar to lead it.
gizmodo.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM