More than 30 countries have already called for a ban on such weapons, warning that the risks extend beyond technology and ...

AI-based military equipment that once engaged makes decisions on its own. Operating on land, sea and air, drones are the category of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) known best by the general public.

Human Rights Watch appreciates your convening this meeting and the work that you have put into developing and strengthening the rolling text. The text provides evidence of state convergence on many ...

We appreciate the opportunity to talk with you today about the status of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on autonomous weapons systems and the latest draft of the GGE chair’s rolling text.

As the paradigm of modern warfare rapidly shifts toward "cost-effective drones," international concerns about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), which operate behind the scenes, are also ...

The debate over whether lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) – often called ‘killer robots’ – should be banned continues, although it’s far from settled. Should future wars be fought by autonomous ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces' missions and helped Ukraine in its war against ...

First of all, I want to state for the record that I have never played a video game that involved violence or war. I think the last time I played a "video game" was Flight Simulator. As a result, I ...

The defense strategies have always been affected by technological changes. In today's warfare, autonomous systems are reshaping strategies. Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar of the Indian Navy recently ...

Much of the public discussion on China’s development of autonomous weapons systems thus far has centered on the sea and air domains but have not grappled with how the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ...

The post-Cold War paradigm of globalisation came to a violent end in February 2022 with Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, and a dangerous, uncertain era is now unfolding, sparking a new global arms ...