The Human Factor in Algorithmic Warfare
Article
AI is transforming warfare, but preserving human judgment is vital to ensure accountability and uphold humanitarian law.
Algorithmic Warfare in Practice: Lessons from Gaza and Ukraine
Article
RAW researchers explore how the wars in Gaza and Ukraine reveal the real-world consequences of algorithmic warfare, where AI systems accelerate targeting, shrink human oversight and place civilians at increasing risk.
Civilian Tech and the Blurring Boundaries of Warfare
Article
Dutch civilians are increasingly involved in supplying technological equipment to Ukraine, raising questions about the evolving role of non-combatants in modern warfare.
Technologies That Kill: New Publications from the RAW Team
Research publications
New insights on AI and warfare from RAW researchers explore experimental technologies, decision-support systems, and corporate accountability.
Algorithmic policing: Tech startups, venture capital and law enforcement in America (part 2)
Article
In an article for Anthropology Today, Prof González explores how predictive policing tools, the political economy of modern policing, and Silicon Valley shape law enforcement practices in the U.S.
Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms
Article
In a publication by Cambridge University Press, Prof. dr. Elke Schwarz examines the transformative role of venture capital (VC) in the defense and military industry.
Tragic reflection, political wisdom, and the future of algorithmic war
Article
Dr. Neil Renic addresses the integration of AI and machine learning in military decision making in a publication for the Australian Journal of International Affairs.
Algorithmic policing: Tech startups, venture capital and law enforcement in America (part 1)
Article
In an article for Anthropology Today, Prof González critically examines how predictive policing and facial recognition technologies reshape US law enforcement practices.
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
Report
In this report, Prof. Roberto J. González reveals how the Pentagon’s billion-dollar big tech contracts are changing the military-industrial-commercial complex and result in unreliable AI-enabled weapons systems.
Assembling the Future of Warfare: Innovating Swarm Technology within the Dutch Military-Industrial-Commercial Complex
Chapter
The Dutch MOD and a delegation of high-tech AI startups travelled to Ukraine last week to sign new military contracts. This is the military-industrial-commercial complex that IRW scholars coin in their latest chapter on swarm technology.