India, June 18 -- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an institute on conflict research, has said in its yearbook that the use of Artificial Intelligence increases the risk of a nuclear conflict breaking out as a result of miscommunication, misunderstanding or technical accident.

SIPRI Director Dan Smith said, "With all these new technologies and variables in play, 'the idea of who is ahead in the arms race will be even more elusive and intangible than it was last time round. In this context, the old largely numerical formulas of arms control will no longer suffice."

The 56th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses the continuing deterioration of global security over the past year.

Furthermore, the election of ...