PodMAPS 3: Normative proposals on military AI – What comes next?

PodMAPS is a podcast series exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming the military domain, and what it means for international peace and security.  This third episode looks at the evolving landscape of normative proposals on military AI and explores recommendations from the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain and the United Nations Institute on Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). The discussion then narrows to two critical areas: lessons learned from lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and the risks associated with the potential integration of AI into nuclear command, control, and communications.  Featuring Dr. Yasmin Afina (UNIDIR), René Holbach (UNODA), Sofia Romansky (HCSS), Juliana Helou van der Berg (UNODA), and Fei Su (SIPRI). Hosted and produced by Ulysse Richard (UNODA) as part of the Military AI, Peace & Security (MAPS) Dialogues, funded by the Republic of Korea. All four episodes are now available. Listen to the full series and share it with your network. Links: UN General Assembly Resolution 79/239 on AI in the Military Domain: https://docs.un.org/A/79/239  Secretary-General's Report A/80/78: https://undocs.org/A/80/78  Strategic Guidance Report from the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain: https://hcss.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GC-REAIM-Strategic-Guidance-Report-Final-WEB.pdf UNIDIR 10-Step Evidence-Based Road Map for Future Policy Action on AI in the Military Domain: https://unidir.org/publication/artificial-intelligence-in-the-military-domain-and-its-implications-for-international-peace-and-security-an-evidence-based-road-map-for-future-policy-action/  CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: https://meetings.unoda.org/ccw/convention-on-certain-conventional-weapons-group-of-governmental-experts-on-lethal-autonomous-weapons-systems-2025  SIPRI’s work on AI and Nuclear Weapons: (i) Pragmatic Approaches to Governance at the Artificial Intelligence–Nuclear Nexus (October 2025): https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/other-publications/pragmatic-approaches-governance-artificial-intelligence-nuclear-nexus (ii) Advancing Governance at the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons (March 2025): https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace-and-security/advancing-governance-nexus-artificial-intelligence-and-nuclear-weapons  US Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of AI (2023): https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-arms-control-deterrence-and-stability/political-declaration-on-responsible-military-use-of-artificial-intelligence-and-autonomy  REAIM Call to Action (2023): https://www.government.nl/documents/publications/2023/02/16/reaim-2023-call-to-action