GC REAIM

The Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain, known as GC REAIM, was established to set out how states can govern the development and use of artificial intelligence in defence. It grew out of the REAIM process, a joint initiative of the Government of the Netherlands and the Government of the Republic of Korea, and drew together commissioners from science, the military, law, and governance to produce practical recommendations for governments and international bodies. The commission was chaired by a former foreign minister of the Republic of Korea.

The Centre has a direct connection to this work. Dr. Bruce Watson, the Centre’s chief advisor for science and technology, served as one of the commission’s nineteen commissioners worldwide, among the six who represented artificial intelligence and computer science. The commission served to the end of its terms of reference, and Dr. Bruce Watson is now an emeritus commissioner. Through his service the independent analysis of the National Security Centre of Excellence was carried into the commission’s deliberations.

Military AI is advancing faster than the frameworks meant to govern it. The Centre follows the commission’s recommendations closely, because they bear directly on the questions Canada and its allies must answer about accountability, meaningful human control, and the limits of autonomy in the use of force.

Sources

Read the commission’s report to the United Nations General Assembly First Committee: GC REAIM report to the First Committee, 2025.

Further publications from the commission and its secretariat are gathered by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies: GC REAIM publications.