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AI, software and dual-use technology: who decides, who answers?

An AI tool or dual-use software distributes choices among designer, supplier, buyer and operator. Legally, the question is who could prevent, control, stop and explain.

Areas of lawAIExport controlsIntellectual property
Keywords#defense#security#evidence#responsibility#dual-use

Case statusOfficial sources checked on 2026-09-15.

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The starting point

An AI tool or dual-use software distributes choices among designer, supplier, buyer and operator. Legally, the question is who could prevent, control, stop and explain.

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The useful rule

Contracts, intellectual property, transfer controls and transparency duties must be read together, without claiming every military technology falls under one regulation.

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Three moves

  1. Describe function, limits, human oversight, version trail and responsibility before deployment.
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Technology. Under human oversight.

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Describe function, limits, human oversight, version trail and responsibility before deployment.

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