The fourth session of the newly created Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems heard evidence from experts on ethical and human rights issues. On April 27, 2023, the
(L to R) Courtney Bowman, Palantir Technologies UK; Dr Kenneth Payne, Professor of Strategy, King’s College London; James Black, Assistant Director of the Defence and Security Research Group, RAND Europe;
Second evidence session. Click to watch video This article was originally published on Drone Wars. Author: Peter Burt The second public session of the House of Lords inquiry into artificial intelligence (AI)
First evidence session. Click to watch video This article was originally published on Drone Wars. Author: Peter Burst A special investigation set up by the House of Lords is now
Despite serious ethical and legal issues, some states including the UK, are pushing ahead with development of autonomous weapons. Existing laws are insufficient to address the dangers of autonomy in
As part of the long-overdue Defence Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the UK Government has unveiled a new policy on autonomous weapons – so-called “killer robots”. Published as an annex on “Lethal
This story was originally published by UNA-UK. UNA-UK welcomes the decision by the UK Government to endorse, along with 69 other states, a joint statement on lethal autonomous weapons systems delivered last
Urgent questions need to be asked around the transparency, accountability and governance of our financial ecosystem. From the spread of terrorism, human trafficking, drugs, corruption to money laundering breaches by
Historic opportunity to regulate killer robots fails as a handful of states block the majority. New hope for the start of treaty negotiations in 2022 as political leadership emerges. It’s
Over the last decade, the pace of technological advance has raised the prospect of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or ‘killer robots’ – weapons that can make the decision to kill
