Artificial Intelligence is being used increasingly in the military, ranging from logistics and training to mission planning, target identification, and autonomous weapons systems. Simultaneously, the importance of microprocessors continues to grow, making access to rare earths and chips a central resource. While AI can accelerate combat operations and thus have a destabilizing effect, the race for new capabilities also carries risks of escalation.
Conversely, AI offers opportunities to strengthen international security, such as in the detection of new threats or the verification of ceasefire agreements. Given the tension between increasing defense capabilities ("Readiness 2030") and rapid technological development, new regulatory approaches are needed that can keep pace. With the AI Act, the European Union has already laid a foundation for AI regulation, though it excludes military applications. Together with international partners, the EU could promote the responsible use of military AI and counteract strategic dependencies. We invite you to discuss these topics together with our high-level panelists
As part of Crisis Talk series, experts from politics and research discuss current scientific findings and political implications.
Welcome:
- Dr Thomas Eckert, Head of the Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
Keynote:
- Prof Dr Malte Göttsche, PRIF - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt / Technical University of Darmstadt
Panelists:
- Dr Tobias Cremer, Member of the European Parliament
- Dr Ulf Ehlert, Head of Strategy and Policy at NATO
- Lene Hove Rietveld, Senior Expert for Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), EEAS – Division for Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control
- Prof Dr Malte Göttsche, PRIF/ TU Darmstadt
Moderation:
- Alexandra von Nahmen, Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe; Expert for Security Policy and NATO at Deutsche Welle
Simultaneous interpretation (English/German).
