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The New AI-Armaments Complex

In the article “Der neue KI-Rüstungs-Komplex”, Prof. Jutta Weber examines the rapid emergence of a new military-technological ecosystem driven by artificial intelligence, data science, and drone technologies. The contribution critically discusses how AI-centered defence start-ups and accelerated innovation logics are reshaping contemporary warfare while challenging democratic oversight, legal accountability, and existing forms of regulation.

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25.09.2026

War Matrix: Masculine Hegemony, Martial Epistemology and Experimental AI Warfare

Prof. Jutta Weber’s chapter “War Matrix: Masculine Hegemony, Martial Epistemology and Experimental AI Warfare” examines the gendered and epistemic foundations of contemporary AI-driven warfare. The contribution critically analyzes how experimental forms of AI warfare are…

Contaminated Creativities

The work “Contaminated Creativities: Coercion, Creativity, and the Human Cost of Military Drone Infrastructures in Wartime Ukraine” was presented at the Swedish STS Conference 2026 in Malmö by PD Dr. Olga Matveieva. The presentation was…

Agency

The essay, published in the Handbook on Digital Criminology (edited by Mareile Kaufmann and Heidi Mork Lomell) in 2025, addresses the question of how algorithm-based machines exert agency and create worlds of their own.

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