AI, LAWS, Converging Technologies and Peace Time Threats

New policy paper by foraus: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Kohler, Pascal Oberholzer and Nicolas Zahn of the Swiss Think Tank foraus published the policy paper: Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence The executive summary of the paper notes: “Artificial  ...

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#SpeakingTheTruth at Zurich Film Festival: Q&A after screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World’

As part of the #SpeakingTheTruth series, the Foundation will host a Q&A session after the screening of ‘Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World‘, a film by Hans Pool, on 5th  ...

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“We must confront what we fear”: Responding to terrorism on social media

At a time when social media is under scrutiny for its role in tragedies like the Christchurch mosque shootings, governments must avoid knee-jerk reactions, writes ICT4Peace Special Advisor Sanjana Hattotuwa.  ...

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ICT4Peace Lecture at ETH on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN negotiations

On July 18, 2019, Regina Surber of ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and  Technololgy (ZHET)   gave a one-hour lecture on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the United Nationals  ...

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ICT4Peace supports Geneva Consultations on the report of UN HLP on Digital Cooperation

On Monday 24 June 2019, Anne-Marie Buzatu Senior Advisor for ICT4Peace attended the event Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Report: Contributions from Geneva hosted by the Geneva Internet Platform, in conjunction with  ...

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UN Digital Cooperation – Questions to SG Guterres, Melinda Gates and Jack Ma

To support the launch of the UN SG Guterres’ Report on Digital Cooperation on 10 June 2019, ICT4peace submitted the following four questions addressed to the UN SG, Melinda Gates  ...

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