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Cyber Weapons
Legal treatment of cyber capabilities as weapons — Article 36 weapons review, autonomous and AI-enabled systems, proportionality, and constraints on development and deployment.
4 articles on cyber weapons
Regulating Dual Use AI in Cyber Operations
Artificial intelligence now drives many core cybersecurity functions. Machine learning systems detect anomalies, triage alerts, and predict intrusion patterns. These same technologies can also automate vulnerability…
A New Perspective on the Achievement of Psychological Effects from Cyber Warfare Payloads: The Analogy of Parasitic Manipulation of Host Behavior
This paper examines the potential of using a parasitological analogy to understand how cyber warfare payloads can affect human behavior and decision-making.
Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Inadequacies of Existing Law: The Case for a New Treaty
This text discusses the legal and ethical challenges posed by the development and use of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), which are weapons capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention.
Legal Considerations on Cyber-Weapons and Their Definition
This article from the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare examines the concept of cyber-weapons and attempts to establish a legal definition for them. The author, Stefano Mele, argues that the rapid development of…
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