Issue No 1 - January 2025
Welcome to the first issue of INTERFACE, a newsletter focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and chemical and biological weapons (CBW). This initiative was inspired by discussions with colleagues and insights gathered at various events, reflecting a shared desire for a clearer perspective on the growing discourse around AI in our field.
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This inaugural issue includes:
Past as prologue, future as framework - Guest Editorial by Brett Edwards
A new dataset on AI-relevant statements made at CWC meetings
INTERFACE aims to provide an overview of relevant developments, publications, and brief analytical comments on AI’s potential implications for CBW governance. Our goal is to contribute to ongoing discussions by helping to capture what’s being said, by whom, and what’s happening in this rapidly evolving area. By doing so, we hope to provide a foundation that can support and facilitate evidence-based work and analyses by professionals in the field. We hope this format proves useful for busy professionals in disarmament, non-proliferation, and emerging technologies.
Looking ahead, we welcome short contributions (up to 1000 words) from readers for future issues, as well as suggestions for relevant events or publications to feature. Your input will be valuable in shaping this resource to serve our community’s needs.
INTERFACE is an experiment, one small tool among many in this field. We see it as a modest contribution to collective efforts in understanding the AI-CBW nexus. We look forward to your feedback as we continue to work together to better ground, interpret, and respond to the implications of AI for the CBW regimes.