The U.S. State Department is set to convene the first meeting of signatories to an artificial intelligence agreement this week. The meeting is set to focus on artificial intelligence and its military applications, which is an issue of international interest, according to Fox News Digital.

Mark Montgomery — the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies — said that “[i]t is commendable that the State Department is continuing to push forward on the discussions concerning ethical use of AI in military applications.”

“I do not try to read too much into this, as it is basically a voluntary grouping of a hodgepodge of nations. This is about information sharing not policymaking. Most clearly, the countries whose military applications of AI should worry us the most are not present.”

The U.S. managed to get 53 nations to sign the Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy in 2023. Still, several key countries are missing, including Brazil, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and India.

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