Campaigners from Stop Killer Robots are at the REAIM summit (4-5 February 2026) in A Coruña, Spain, which brings together state representatives, academics, civil society and industry to discuss the
Stop Killer Robots, the leading international civil society campaign working toward a treaty to ban autonomous weapons systems that target people and keep weapons under human control, has responded to
Speaking at the United Nations last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a stark warning: artificial intelligence is driving “the most destructive arms race in human history.” He called for
Despite grave ethical and legal concerns about the introduction of AI into decision making around the use of lethal force, the UK is rapidly pressing ahead with a number of
At a recent Westminster roundtable, parliamentarians, civil society leaders and legal experts gathered to examine the UK’s position on autonomous weapons systems (AWS) in the wake of the 2025 Strategic
The UK Government’s Strategic Defence Review 2025 marks a dramatic pivot toward the increased development and deployment of “autonomous capabilities to generate mass and lethality” (or, autonomous weapons systems) as
On the 12th and 13th of May the United Nations held informal consultations on the future development of autonomous weapons systems. Below is a video form the United Nations Secretary
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
