REAIM (Responsible AI in the Military Domain) Summit 2024 held in Seoul (South Korea) announced a legally non-binding "Blueprint for Action" to govern responsible use of AI in the military.
- REAIM, with its inaugural summit held in 2023, is a platform for global discussion with all stakeholders on ways to ensure responsible military application of AI.
Key highlights of the ‘Blueprint for Action’
- Impact of AI on international peace and security: AI applications in military domain should be developed, deployed and used in a way that maintains and does not undermine international peace, security and stability.
- Recognize that Al applications can present both foreseeable and unforeseeable risks including risks of an arms race, miscalculation, escalation, and lowering threshold of conflict.
- Stresses the need to maintain human control and involvement for all actions critical to informing and executing sovereign decisions concerning nuclear weapons employment, without prejudice to ultimate goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.
- Implementing responsible AI in the military domain: AI applications should be ethical and human-centric, applied in accordance with applicable national and international law, promote dialogue on rigorous testing and evaluation (T&E) protocols, etc.
- Future governance of AI in military domain: Discussion on Governance should take place in an open and inclusive manner to fully reflect wide- ranging views, strengthen international cooperation on capacity-building to reduce knowledge gap on responsible development and deployment, etc.
