Kuala Lampur, May 14 -- More than 50 states have now endorsed the "Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy," first rolled out in 2023 at The Hague.

The latter is synonymous with international humanitarian laws and crimes against humanity.

At one level, this may appear to be a modest diplomatic exercise. Yet at another, it represents one of the earliest attempts by the international community to prevent artificial intelligence from becoming the most destabilising military force since the invention of nuclear weapons. Why ?

The declaration emerged from a growing realisation that AI is no longer confined to laboratories, civilian applications, or commercial competition.

Rather, it is now ...