Panel Discussion
Berlin Science Week: How AI challenges security policy and intelligence oversight
November 2025
Thursday
06
18:30 - 20:00
(CET)
On November 6, Dr. Thorsten Wetzling was invited to a panel discussion by the Leibniz Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) as part of the Berlin Science Week 2025. The panel explored how artificial intelligence is changing the security landscape in different policy arenas such as nuclear proliferation and defense planning.
In the discussion, Dr. Thorsten Wetzling shed light on the specific risks and opportunities for the governance of intelligence and its oversight that arise from the dynamic evolution of AI. He also shed light on necessary reforms of the current legal framework and the required technological foundation for deploying AI-supported control mechanisms.
A recording of the event is available on YouTube.
Meet the speakers
Dr. Thorsten Wetzling
Lead Digital Rights, Surveillance and Democracy