Morocco hosts first global AI conference on chemical weapons

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, as part of a conference on AI, reaffirmed King Mohammed VI’s Vision and Guidelines that set forth the need for “adapting to and contributing to the innovations of the permanent technological revolution.” According to local media reports, the four main objectives of Morocco hosting the conference, were to  “deepen talks on the new dimensions of multilateral disarmament, to strengthen collective understanding of the challenges posed by the use of AI, to identify opportunities to strengthen key provisions of the Convention through AI, and to contribute to international efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by using the capabilities of AI to promote the peaceful use of chemistry.”