Diplomacy 4.0: Resources on Diplomacy and Artificial Intelligence

Here is an updated version of Artificial Intelligence and Diplomacy resources, including AI tools, webpages, videos, studies, and articles. In the end, there is some information about using AI for teaching and learning. 
 
Please share new ones in the comment section!
 
You can also read my blog posts about the subject here:

• Diplomacy and Technology: The future is happening now (January 18, 2023) diplomacy-and-technology-the-future-is-happening-now.html
• Digital Diplomacy 4.0: The Future is Now (May 2, 2023) digital-diplomacy-40-the-future-is-now.html
• Digital Diplomacy 4.0: Tech Diplomacy (May 8, 2023) digital-diplomacy-40-tech-diplomacy.html
• Digital Diplomacy 4.0: The Basics of Artificial Intelligence (June 7, 2023) digital-diplomacy-40-the-basics-of-artificial-intelligence.html
• Diplomacy 4.0: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Diplomacy?  (August 20, 2023) diplomacy-40-how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-diplomacy.html

 

AI tools and application/experiments/usage
 
Diplo AI Writer @ DiploFoundation is a DiploFoundation artificial intelligence writer who publishes blog posts about the subject, including the DiploFoundation AI Diary. 
 
HumAInism by DiploFoundation has some AI tools related to diplomacy and arts.
 
Can ChatGPT Explain Geopolitics? is an exercise to compare two essays and test if you can identify the one written by AI. It is published by Foreign Policy magazine.
 
Interactive webpage about the cost of AI in different languages (Tokenization fairness).
 

Webpages of research centers and institutions
 
Artificial Intelligence and Diplomacy by DiploFoundation. 
 
Artificial Intelligence by Digwatch (Geneva Internet Platform)
 
AI Now Institute.
 
Center for AI and Digital Policy
 
Center for the Advancement of Trustworthy AI
 
Deloitte AI Institute for Government
 
Global Partnership for AI.
 
MILA, Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute.
 
OECD AI Observatory.
 
Partnership on AI
 
Tech Policy Press.
 
UN-related sites:
 
Road Map for Digital Cooperation  and its updated road map) 
Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology webpage.
Global Digital Compact (May 2023, 
High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence
Summit of the Future
UNESCO´s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
 

Videos
 
Artificial Intelligence and Diplomacy Webinar. UNITAR and UOC. (2023, February 15).
 
AI and Diplomacy: Challenges and opportunities. UNITAR (2023, May 10)
 
Will AI take over diplomatic reporting? WebDebate #56. DiploFoundation (2023, February 7).
 
What role can AI play in diplomatic negotiation? WebDebate #57. DiploFoundation (2023, March 7).
 
How to Train Diplomats to Deal with AI and Data? WebDebate #58. DiploFoundation (2023, April 4).
 
What Can We Learn About AI Ethics and Governance from Non-Western Thought? WebDebate #59. DiploFoundation (2023, May 2).
 
AI for Peacemaking: new tools and opportunities for mediators. WebDebate #30. DiploFoundation (2019, June 19).

AI on the international agenda - where do we go from here? WebDebate #26. DiploFoundation (2018, December 4).
 

Studies and articles
 
Bjola, C. (2019, October 19). Diplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Real Institute Elcano.
 
Bjola, C. (2020). Diplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. EDA Working Paper. Emirates Diplomatic Academy.
 
Bjola, C. & Manor, I. (2023, April 25). ChatGPT: The end of diplomacy as we know it. Global Policy.
 
Cocking, S. (2016, September 19). Using algorithms to achieve digital diplomacy. A conversation with Elad Ratson, Director of R&D at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Irish Tech News.
 
Deloitte AI Institute for Government & Google Cloud. (2022). Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Modernize American Statecraft.
 
Dickow, M. and Jacob, D. (2018). The Global Debate on the Future of Artificial Intelligence. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik [SWV] Comment No. 23, p. 7.
 
Digwatch. (2019, February 5). Artificial intelligence and diplomacy: A new tool for diplomacy? EVENT REPORT. Digwatch. Geneva Internet Platform.
 
Digwatch. (2023, July 17). UN Security Council convenes to discuss AI risks. Digwatch. Geneva Internet Platform.
 
DiploFoundation. (2019). Mapping the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence for the conduct of diplomacy. DiploFoundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.
 
DiploFoundation. (2023, May 3). First full AI-reporting from the UN meeting. DiploFoundation blog.
 
DiploFoundation. (2023, May 3). AI-based report of United Nations Security Council debate marks start of a new era in multilateral diplomacy. DiploFoundation blog.
 
Elia Valori, G. (2023, July 8). Artificial Intelligence and the New World Order (1). Modern Diplomacy.
 
Elia Valori, G. (2023, July 30). AI and the new world order: Economy and war (2). Modern Diplomacy.
 
European Migration Network. (2022). The use of digitalisation and artificial intelligence in migration management: Joint EMN-OECD Inform.
 
Galeotti, M. (2023, January 7). The age of AI diplomacy. The Spectator.
 
Government AI Readiness Index 2022.
 
Henshall, W. (2023, Oct 23). What the U.N.’s AI Advising Group Will Do. Time. 
 
IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2022. 
 
Jacobs. S (2023, September 7). Time 100 Most Influential People on AI. Time.
 
Keohan, C. & Kralev, N. (2022, August 7). Want to Be a Diplomat? You Must Make it Past and A.I.’ Gateway’. Diplomatic Diary blog. Washington International Diplomatic Academy.
 
Kurbalija, J. (2023, May 1). Why might AI cause more ´lost in translation´ worldwide? DiploFoundation Blog.
 
Kurbajila, J. (2023, June 12). The case for bottom-up AI. Al Jazeera.
 
Kurbalija, J. (2023, August 1). What can Socrates teach us about AI and prompting? DiploFoundation Blog.
 
Kurbalija, J. (2023, November 8). How can we deal with AI risks? DiploFoundation Blog. 
 
Laferrière, H. & McPherson, A. (2019, April 24). Augmented Decision-Making @ IRCC. Presentation to the Symposium on Algorithmic Government. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
 
Lederer, E. (2023, July 3). UN Council to hold first meeting on potential threats of artificial intelligence to global peace. AP News.
 
Manor, I. (2023, February 21). The AI Moves In: ChatGPT’s Impact on Digital Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, March 30). ChatGPT and the Future of Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, April 4). ChatGPT and the Future of Diplomacy - Part 2. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, April 18). ChatGPT and the Future of Diplomacy - Part 3. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, June 15). AI’s Impact on Public Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, June 27). The Many Races that will shape AI. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, July 4). Real Fakes and the Future of Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Manor, I. (2023, August 15). Towards the Strategic Use of AI in Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy blog.
 
O´Neil, L (2023, August 12). The Truth in Tech: These Women Tried to Warn Us about AI. Rolling Stone.
 
Petrov, A., La Malfa, E., Torr, P. H.S., & Bibi, A. (2023, May 17). Language Model Tokenizers Introduce Unfairness Between Languages. ArXiv:2350.1542.
 
Ponzio, R., Nudhara Yusuf, N., Mallinson, F. & Shahrukh, M. (2023). Future of International Cooperation Report 2023. The Stimson Center, Doha Forum, and Global Institute for Strategic Research.
 
Scott, B., Heumann, S., & Lorenz, P. (2018). Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Policy. Stiftung Neue Veranwortung.
 
Stanzel, V. & Voelsen, D. (2022). Diplomacy and Artificial Intelligence Reflections on Practical Assistance for Diplomatic Negotiations. SWP Research Paper.
 
Strachan, G. & Manor, I. (2023, July 14). ‘I can be a bastard too’- ChatGPT’s Real Contribution to Diplomacy. Exploring Digital Diplomacy Blog.
 
Tarar, Z. (2023, February 23). Analysis - Could AI change the business of diplomacy? The Diplomatic Pouch at Medium.
 
Tarar, Z. (2023, February 27). Analysis - Which AI tools should diplomats use today? The Diplomatic Pouch at Medium.
 
Tarar, Z. (2023, August 28). Analysis - Harnessing AI for diplomacy: Five tools to make your work easier. The Diplomatic Pouch at Medium.
 
Teleanu, S (2023, August 21). A journey of discovery: Using simulation and AI to teach and learn about digital governance. DiploFoundation Blog.
 
Williams, A., Micali, M. & Gebru, T. (2022, October 23). The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence. NOEMA.
 
Williams, R. & Otto, L. (2022). Artificial Intelligence as a Tool of Public Diplomacy: Communication between the United States and Iran. The Thinker 90(1) p. 28-40.
 

Information about using AI for teaching and learning.
 
Mollick, E. (2022, December 13). How to…use AI to teach some of the hardest skills.  One Useful Thing blog.
 
Mollick, E. (2023, January 24). The practical guide to using AI to do stuff. One Useful Thing blog.
 
Mollick, E. (2023, March 17). Using AI to make teaching easier & more impactful. One Useful Thing blog.
 
Mollick, E. (2023, July 15). How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated Guide. One Useful Thing blog.
 
Mollick, E. Video series on Practical AI for Teachers and Students. YouTube.
 

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