SEMINAR: AI, ethics and war: Ethical challenges for workers and steps toward resistance. Thursday 18th June 2026 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, on the UCL campus in Bloomsbury
In support of the UCL UCU position supporting Palestine and supporting the campaign for UCL to end its ties with Google, members are invited to this event co-organised by BDS@UCL and The United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
AI, Ethics and Warfare
Thursday 18th June 2026 @ 6-8pm, UCL Bloomsbury campus
The current use of AI by the Israeli and US military poses a number of ethical challenges for both tech workers at the forefront of AI development and universities with close relationships to AI research labs like UCL. Within a political climate of increased military spending and the growing presence of war, this event focuses on the militarisation of AI through a series of short presentations from organisers, researchers, and former and current workers from Google and Google DeepMind.
The goal of the seminar is to outline the critical role of AI in modern warfare and address what forms of resistance are possible from within and beyond our institutions.
Speakers:
- Vikram Subrmanian is an ex-Google Engineer who organizes with No Tech For Apartheid (NoTA).
- Sonia Fereidooni is a PhD Candidate in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge studying the weaponization of representation through Generative AI and its militarization within the military-industrial-academic complex.
- Eran Cohen is a senior organiser for United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW), has been supporting UTAW members across the sector, and especially in Google and Google DeepMind organise in solidarity with Palestinians.
- Sofia Liguori is a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind and UTAW member.
- Khaled Odetalah is a researcher in social sciences and founder of the Suleiman Halabi Center for Colonial and Liberation Studies.
Register here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/36657/ai-ethics-and-warfare
