The First Psychosecurity Summit
Confronting AI-Driven Zersetzung
Late 2026 · Near London · By Invitation
Purpose
Drawing the line
The systematic psychological decomposition of individuals — perfected by the Stasi as Zersetzung, and documented as state injustice — could become scalable through artificial intelligence. Existing international law can already apply to it where the relevant legal requirements are met. Clearer definitions and evidence standards could help institutions recognise and respond to the conduct.
The First Psychosecurity Summit convenes an invited circle of practitioners, researchers, legal scholars, and policy specialists to draw that line: a shared vocabulary distinguishing legitimate influence from psychological decomposition, and a signable declaration applying existing international law to AI-driven Zersetzung.
Output
The Psychosecurity Framework
The summit works from prepared drafts towards six adopted elements:
Taxonomy
Classifying cognitive operations, from legitimate influence to prohibited decomposition.
Ethics Redlines
A graduated scale of operational acceptability — an internal safeguard for those who conduct legitimate operations.
Escalation Thresholds
When cognitive attack merits state-level response.
Attribution Framework
Evidence standards for identifying and answering cognitive attacks.
Industry Accountability
Keeping commercial AI capabilities from becoming cognitive weapons.
The Declaration
A signable statement applying existing international law to AI-driven Zersetzung.
A working-draft view of the taxonomy and graduated scale is published on the taxonomy page.
Method
How it works
The summit is held under the Chatham House Rule, with a clear protocol separating what is said (never attributed), what is produced (attributable only to the summit collectively), and who endorses it (a separate, deliberate act after the event, through each participant's own channels).
Adoption in the room is ad referendum: the session agrees the text, and signatures follow. The framework and declaration will then be published for wider endorsement, and later launched at a public event.
The summit is organised by EURAIO, a responsible-AI non-profit, and funded by the Survival and Flourishing Fund. There is no cost to participants or their organisations.
Participation
By invitation
Every seat is selected for a specific contribution. If you believe your expertise belongs in the room — or you wish to support the initiative with introductions, resources, or endorsement — we would be glad to hear from you.
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