chemical weapons<\/a>, said Hong Li of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.<\/p>\nBased in the Hague, Netherlands, the OPCW implements the nearly universally ratified Chemical Weapons Convention and has overseen the destruction of all declared stockpiles of chemical weapons across 193 countries \u2013 an effort for which it received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. Only three UN countries \u2013 Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan \u2013 have not signed the convention.<\/p>\n
It is \u201ccritical\u201d to track the changes in delivery systems, Li said. Inexpensive drones, particularly those built for agriculture with tanks for liquids and sprayers attached to them, \u201ccan be easily adjusted for the delivery of chemical weapons, which brings new challenges for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
To keep up with the times, OPCW officials created a temporary working group on artificial intelligence, which will begin work in 2025 for two years. It will systematically evaluate this emerging technology\u2019s impact on the world of chemical weapons while also taking into account how the organization could use it to further its goals of a chemical weapons-free world.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency is tasked with surveilling nuclear facilities globally to ensure no fissile material is diverted for the use in atomic bombs through a system collectively referred to as safeguards.<\/p>\n
To stay ahead of the curve, the agency has a dedicated technology foresight team, said Tracy Brown, the agency\u2019s liaison and public information officer. Its members keep tabs on new developments in the nuclear field, devising new tools and techniques to uncover illicit nuclear-weapons efforts.<\/p>\n
In the past decade alone, the amount of nuclear material under the agency\u2019s safeguards has increased by 25%, Brown said. With limited resources, this requires a more efficient allocation of inspectors\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
Machine learning has helped in the process, enabling \u201cmore efficient and effective video surveillance\u201d of nuclear facilities, according to Brown. Computer systems can flag relevant events \u2013 such as when a cask carrying radioactive material is unexpectedly removed \u2013 and set off alarm bells, alerting humans to review the case manually.<\/p>\n
The agency has also trained its own AI models to scour openly available information for material relevant to detecting illicit nuclear activities, Brown disclosed. Open-source data streams include news reports, scientific papers, satellite imagery and signals picked up by remote sensors, all of which would be time-consuming to mine manually.<\/p>\n
Similarly, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, housed in the UN headquarters in Vienna, has been harnessing the power of machine learning to train its computer systems to use the data flowing from its global monitoring network to more quickly and accurately detect nuclear tests, a program it called NET-VISA. The CTBTO\u2019s system of 306 stations around the globe was crucial in detecting and confirming North Korean nuclear tests from 2006 onward and in dispelling rumors about a possible Iranian test when earthquakes were recorded in the country\u2019s heartland earlier this month.<\/p>\n
NET-VISA will be made available to the treaty\u2019s state parties to enhance their national abilities as well, said Jose Rosenberg, senior liaison officer at the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are living in an age of accelerated technological change,\u201d said Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN\u2019s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who leads the organization\u2019s Office for Disarmament Affairs. \u201cThis is also a time of heightened danger due to fraught and changing security environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The convergence of technologies such as AI and 3D printing of biotechnology and nanotechnology can lower the barriers for terrorists or rogue states to gain access to weapons of mass destruction, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to adapt the existing nonproliferation and disarmament regime to the ever-evolving security landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n
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