AI models could help negotiators secure peace deals
Some are being developed to help end the war in Ukraine
IN A MESSY age of grinding wars and multiplying tariffs, negotiators are as busy as the stakes are high. Alliances are shifting and political leaders are adjusting—if not reversing—positions. The resulting tumult is giving even seasoned negotiators trouble keeping up with their superiors back home. Artificial-intelligence (AI) models may be able to lend a hand.
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This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “AI and the art of negotiations”
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