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As AI rapidly transforms from a commercial product into core social infrastructure, existing regulatory and oversight systems are failing to keep pace with its societal impacts. This governance gap risks deepening global inequalities, particularly disadvantaging the Global South, and underscores the urgent need for international development institutions to treat AI as a development issue.

The EU AI Act is the world's first major rulebook for artificial intelligence, but it contains a massive "military-shaped" hole that could leave us vulnerable. By looking at how one specific legal exemption works, we can see how the technology used for war might end up bypassing the democratic checks and balances meant to keep us safe.