Weapons
IDF SMASH 2000
SMASH 2000: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: The SMASH 2000 is a “smart” fire control system developed by Smart Shooter, designed to be mounted on standard infantry rifles…
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Clearview AI
Clearview AI: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: Clearview AI is a facial recognition platform built upon an unprecedented database of billions of non-consensually scraped images from the public…
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PredPol (Geolitica)
PredPol (Geolitica): Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: PredPol (recently rebranded as Geolitica before ceasing operations) was a predictive policing algorithm designed to forecast the time and location of…
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Palantir Project Maven
Project Maven: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: Project Maven, formally known as the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, is a flagship U.S. Department of Defense initiative that leverages artificial…
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MQ-28 Ghost Bat
MQ-28 Ghost Bat: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: The MQ-28 Ghost Bat is an autonomous Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) developed by Boeing Australia, designed to act as…
- 🌐International Relations (IR) 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Global Shell Game: What “Meaningful Human Control” Actually Means—and Why No One Agrees
The battle for the future of global security is currently being waged over a single phrase: “meaningful human control”. Explore how lexical fissures and strategic ambiguity are shaping the lethal autonomous weapons debate.
- 🌐International Relations (IR) 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Consensus Trap: How Five Nations Quietly Derailed the Global Ban on Killer Robots
For over a decade, the international community has tried to regulate Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). Explore how a small coalition has weaponized the UN consensus rule to block a global ban on killer robots, shifting power from human judgment to AI code.
- 🌐International Relations (IR) 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Algorithmic Battlefield: 5 Takeaways from the Silent Revolution in Warfare
As military powers integrate systems like Palantir and Project Nimbus into a “Digital Targeting Web,” human control over lethal force is vanishing. Explore 5 critical takeaways on how proprietary algorithms are dissolving the rules of modern warfare and challenging international law.
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Palantir Gotham
Palantir Gotham: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: Palantir Gotham is a foundational data integration and AI decision-support platform designed to fuse massive, disparate intelligence streams into actionable targeting…
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IDF Lavender
Lavender: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: The Lavender system is an AI-driven Decision Support System (AI-DSS) developed by the Israel Defense Forces’ Unit 8200 to automate the generation…
- 🌐International Relations (IR) 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Digital Dragnet: 4 Surprising Ways the U.S. Immigration System Became a Fully Automated Machine
The U.S. immigration system has shifted from judicial review to a fully automated machine. Explore four surprising ways digital dragnets, algorithms, and data brokers are fuelling mass deportation and surveillance.
- 🌐International Relations (IR) 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The 20-Second Kill Chain: 5 Chilling Realities of the New AI Warfare
AI is dissolving the fog of war and replacing it with algorithmic certainty. Explore the 5 chilling realities of how automated targeting systems and the new “20-second kill chain” are removing human conscience from the battlefield.
