Related news: Responsible innovation in AI for peace and security

SIPRI actively contributed to the 2024 edition of the REAIM Summit, which took place on 9–10 September.

On 24 April, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) hosted a webinar on ‘Addressing the Risk of AI Misuse: What Can the AI Community Learn From Best Practices in Biosafety and Biosecurity?’. The webinar was co-hosted with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

On 14–15 February, SIPRI and the UNODA convened a workshop on AI.

On 16–17 November, SIPRI and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) organized a two-day capacity-building workshop on ‘Responsible AI for Peace and Security’ for a select group of STEM students. 

The workshop, the first in a series of four, aimed to provide up-and-coming artificial intelligence (AI) practitioners the opportunity to learn how to address the risks that civilian AI research and innovation may generate for international peace and security.  

On 13–14 September, SIPRI and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) held the first of two multi-stakeholder dialogues on ‘Responsible AI for Peace and Security’. Fifteen experts from industry, academia, civil society and government gathered online for two days of discussion. Participants explored how peaceful civilian AI research and innovation may present risks for peace and security, mapped potential misuse scenarios and considered how aware the civilian AI community is of these risks.

This month SIPRI and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) launched a three-year joint initiative on responsible innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) for peace and security.

On 21–22 April, SIPRI actively participated in the Second German National Dialogue Forum on the Biological Weapons Convention. The event was organized by the German Federal Foreign Office and was held in a virtual format.