- "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Albert Einstein
An OpenAI agent breached an Australian government portal in June and Canberra learned 84 days later. I trace the timeline, the legal gaps and what it means for international AI governance.
Two critical flaws in the engine behind roughly three-quarters of identifiable websites forced governments, hospitals and some financial services offline. I set out what happened, what is and is not known about banking, what the law says, and why the episode matters for international security.
Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 after a run of wrongful death and child safety claims. I set out why the filing was predictable, what the courts have and have not decided, and what the collapse means for AI governance worldwide.
Dating apps borrowed ranking logic from chess and video games. What happens when that logic meets loneliness, recommender systems and the manosphere?
Abliteration.ai sells AI models with safety guardrails removed. An international security analysis of what it means for AI governance, law and arms control.
An AI governance researcher and international lawyer reads Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on AI, autonomous weapons and truth.
This is the second consecutive year I have sat through the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific’s flagship course, the Disarmament Toolkit, first…
Thomas X. Hammes argued in the Atlantic Council that fielding autonomous weapons is a moral imperative. The accountability record, the current state of the Geneva talks and recent warnings from AI researchers suggest otherwise.
Every July, a fairly unglamorous document lands on the desks of UN Member State delegations. It has none of the drama of a Security Council resolution or the visibility of…
A research analysis of the PAX and Privacy International report — from a Geneva conference room to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley
Discover 5 surprising lessons from China’s 2026 AI agent regulations. Learn how new laws tackle virtual companions, Machiavellian AI, and SkillJect attacks.
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