Karl's Notes

Between 7-16 August, an AI agent (Claude Opus 5) has been acting as a desk officer at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of a fictional state called Sordland (from Suzerain, not sponsored, but buy it, its a good game). It read its email inbox, tracked a liv

IntroductionI recently finished the London School of Economics' programme on AI Law, Policy, and Governance. What follows is a series built from the notes I took along the way. This has been written for people who want to understand how AI is being regula

A recent paper published on Arxiv, 'The Foreign Policy AI Evaluation Gap', highlights the complexity of grading the use of AI when it comes to statecraft, which they define as "the purposive, institutionally mediated conduct through which a political acto

In a sworn court declaration by Cameron Stanley, the US Department of War Chief Digital and AI Officer, he claimed that xAI's Grok for Government model was used during Operation Epic Fury to strike 2,000 distinct targets in Iran within 96 hours. This decl

Originally published on MaltaTodayEarlier this year, Prime Minister Robert Abela officially launched the East Expansion Project at Malta International Airport. He described it as a key investment in quality, resilience, and long-term infrastructure. The a

Someone on Reddit asked a simple question: what was life like in Norway during WW2? The answers ran to hundreds of comments so I cannot verify them individually, but what people describe, aligns closely with the history of the Norwegian occupation. Histor

In 1865, the British Parliament passed the Locomotives Act. It required that any 'self-propelled vehicle' be manned by three people, one of which had to precede the vehicle on foot and carry a red flag to warn horse-drawn carriages. The vehicle was limite

I have recently finished reading 'A Village in the Third Reich', which I cannot recommend enough if you're interested in World War II history. The book takes a look at the history of Oberstdorf, a village at the foot of Bavaria, Germany, next to the borde

In her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, European Commission President Von der Leyen outlined plans for the establishment of 'EU Inc', which will allow citizens to register an EU-wide company online and within 48 hours.This is an extract from h

Two days of bad weather is all it took for supermarket shelves in Malta to empty out, after ferry services from Sicily were halted. Around 70% of our food is imported and our supply chains are one storm away from disruption.The Financial Times this week r