US partners with Nigeria for responsible AI use in military [Video]

The U.S. State Department has teamed up with Nigeria to further the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military.

Mallory Stewart, whose role at the State Department focuses on arms control and stability, recently discussed AI use in military operations with Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the national security advisor, civil society, and other officials from the regional bloc ECOWAS.

The U.S. has been on a global tour drumming up support for its initiative to have guardrails for AI use in the military. This initiative, which has garnered the support of 55 countries, advocates using AI “in a manner consistent with international laws and recognising inherent human bias,” Stewart told journalists in Abuja.

“We’ve learned the hard way [about the] inherent human bias built into the AI system … leading …