Dear Secretary of State, Autonomous weapons systems: consultations at the UN General Assembly We are writing to ask the Government to seize two current opportunities to make progress towards its

Last week, Labour announced an increase in military spending to 2.5% in response to growing instability on the world stage. The coming months and years will see an unprecedented investment

On 5 February 2025, Alphabet, which owns Google, reneged on its pledge to not use AI for weapons. Despite their stated approach to AI, which they claim is “grounded in

As world leaders and technology executives convene in Paris this week to discuss artificial intelligence, deep divisions have already emerged, with some nations refusing to support international AI regulation. Both

The call for a comprehensive international treaty on Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) has become more urgent than ever. As technological advancements in AI continue to develop at an accelerating pace,

In the last 12 months, there have been reports of the use of Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) in Ukraine, as well as of growing us of and AI-powered military tools

If the new Labour government is really committed to international law and multilateral arms control, it should support the international negotiation of a new treaty to control the development and

We welcome the new Labour government and the commitments within its manifesto to strengthen the UK position on the world stage, using our  position within the UN to uphold human