Unpacking the role of digital platforms in modern warfare.

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Digital platforms significantly impact most areas of our lives, including how we work, socialize, and regulate. The foundational infrastructures, economic processes, and governance frameworks of these platforms have also begun to permeate military domains.
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Military technologies do not emerge in isolation from the wider political and economic context. On the one hand, the emergence of digital platforms in the military depends on the global rise and reach of major technology companies, military startups, and venture capital firms. Conversely, they rely significantly on military investments in commercial research and development, particularly within the domains of big data, AI, and robotics.
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A growing body of research is examining the impact of data and digital technology on the logic, strategy, and practice of warfare. Talk of a ‘revolution’ is avoided in these discussions, as they aim to uncover the conditional sociotechnical work that underlies the development of new security technology and weaponry.
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It seems like technoscientific reality has begun to catch up with policymakers. However, an international regulatory or ethical framework that deals specifically with the issue of AI-enabled warfare remains absent. This means that the rules and norms governing the increasingly autonomous contemporary battlefield are currently formed through practice.
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