29 October 2024 – Officers and researchers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the PAM Centre for Global Studies (CGS) welcomed in San Marino Ms. Jennifer Bramlette, Coordinator for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in New York. They discussed and reviewed current and new trends of the malicious use of AI and Emerging Technologies by terrorist and criminal groups, as well as current phase of the forthcoming publication of the dedicated PAM-CGS Report on the topic. The visit was agreed upon on the occasion of a bilateral meeting between CTED Senior Officials and the PAM Delegation which attended the high-level segment of the UN 79th General Assembly in New York.
The draft report, entitled “AI and Emerging Technologies: Security, Legislation, And Governance”, produced by PAM-CGS, in partnership with CTED, is conceived as a “living document”, and provides in-depth information and an overview of the state-of-art of international and national legislations and instruments to address and regulate the growing threat posed by the misuse of AI and innovative technologies by terrorists and criminals.
In this regard, taking into consideration the speed at which new technologies develop and impact the governance of the digital domain, PAM-CGS also publishes daily and weekly editions of a Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies, which collects critical and up-to-date insights on the application of AI and Emerging Technologies in five areas of interests: governance, security, legislation, defense, intelligence, and warfare.
Ms. Bramlette emphasized the objective of the report, which is to equip parliamentarians with essential tools to initiate effective legislative responses and public awareness campaigns to tackle these threats. She also underscored the importance of broad-based, trustworthy, and accessible findings on the malicious use of AI by terrorist and criminal networks.
PAM-CGS will present an overview of the report at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Riyadh, in December 2024. Furthermore, again in December, the Assembly is set to assume the Presidency of the UN Coordination Mechanism of Parliamentary Assemblies on Counter-Terrorism, further expanding its commitment to global counter-terrorism efforts.
Looking ahead, the collaboration between PAM, CGS and CTED will continue with the drafting of principles and recommendations, possibly evolving into a comprehensive guidebook for parliaments, to support their efforts navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies. //
The PAM-CGS daily and weekly editions of the Digest are available on the following dedicated webpages:
https://pam.int/digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies/
https://www.cgspam.org/digest/